Lamentations 2:16
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All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.All 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!”
In other translations
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.All 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!”
Hebrew words
פָּצוּpatzuthey have openedH6475עָלַיִךְ'alayikhon youH5921פִּיהֶםpihemmouth theirH6310כָּל־kol-allH3605אוֹיְבַיִךְ'oyvayikhenemies yourH341שָׁרְקוּsharekuthey have hissedH8319וַיַּחַרְקוּ־vaiyacharku-and they have gnashedH2786שֵׁןshena toothH8127אָמְרוּ'ameruthey saidH559בִּלָּעְנוּbila'enuwe have swallowed upH1104אַךְ'akhsurelyH389זֶהzehthisH2088הַיּוֹםhaiyom[is] the dayH3117שֶׁקִּוִּינֻהוּshekivinuhuthat we have waited for itH6960מָצָאנוּmatzanuwe have foundH4672רָאִינוּ׃ סra'inuwe have seenH7200
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Psalm 35:21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
- Lamentations 3:46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.All our enemies open their mouths against us.
- Psalm 37:12The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
- Job 16:9-109 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.9 His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes. 10 They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
- Psalm 56:2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
- Psalm 22:13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
- Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
- Psalm 124:3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
- Psalm 35:16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- Psalm 112:10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
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