Job 16:10

Picture of the hostility of men the pack of petty foes that howl at the heels of his greater enemy.

have gaped Rather, they gape. Similarly, they smite. The figure of wild beasts is not strictly maintained, but passes in the second clause into the reality. The gestures described are those of contempt and destructive hatred, see Psalms 22:13; Isaiah 57:4; Micah 5:1; Lamentations 3:30; cf. John 18:22; John 19:3; Acts 23:2.

they have gathered themselves they gather. The phrase means probably that they fling themselves in one body upon him, they combine in their attack against him.