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God’s Justice

Lamentations 3:46

In 11 translations

BSB
All our enemies open their mouths against us.
KJV
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
WEB
“All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
ASV
All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
LSV
Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.
YLT
Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.
DBY
All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
DRC
Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
GNV
All our enemies haue opened their mouth against vs.
JPS
All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
LXXE
All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.

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Original-language editions

WLC
פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כָּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃
LXX-Br
Διήνοιξαν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν πάντες οἱ ἐχθροὶ ἡμῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
  • Psalms 22:6–8But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He…
  • Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
  • Exodus 11:7But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
  • Psalms 44:13–14You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us. You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
  • Matthew 27:38–45Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left. And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it…
  • Job 30:9–11And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them. They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face. Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off…
  • Psalms 79:10Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.

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