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Contend with My Opponents, O LORD

Psalms 35:21

In 11 translations

BSB
They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
KJV
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
WEB
Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”
ASV
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
LSV
And they enlarge their mouth against me, || They said, “Aha, aha, our eye has seen.”
YLT
And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'
DBY
And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen [it].
DRC34:21
And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said: Well done, well done, our eyes have seen it.
GNV
And they gaped on mee with their mouthes, saying, Aha, aha, our eye hath seene.
JPS
Yea, they open their mouth wide against me; they say: 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.'
LXXE34:21
And they opened wide their mouth upon me; they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּרְחִ֥יבוּ עָלַ֗י פִּ֫יהֶ֥ם אָ֭מְרוּ הֶאָ֣ח ׀ הֶאָ֑ח רָאֲתָ֥ה עֵינֵֽינוּ׃
LXX-Br34:21
Καὶ ἐπλάτυναν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν, εἶπαν, εὖγε, εὖγε, εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ 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

  • Psalms 22:13They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
  • Psalms 40:15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
  • Luke 11:53–54As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things, waiting to catch Him in something He might say.
  • Psalms 70:3May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
  • Psalms 54:7For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.
  • Isaiah 9:12Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

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  • 34:21 in some Bibles
  • 35:21 in most Bibles

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