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Lamentations 2:16

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.

KJV

Aperuerunt super te os suum omnes inimici tui : sibilaverunt, et fremuerunt dentibus, et dixerunt : Devorabimus : en ista est dies quam exspectabamus ; invenimus, vidimus.

Vulgate

Ἄιν. Διήνοιξαν ἐπὶ σὲ στόμα αὐτῶν πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί σου, ἐσύρισαν καὶ ἔβρυξαν ὀδόντας, καὶ εἶπαν Κατεπίομεν αὐτήν· πλὴν αὕτη ἡ ἡμέρα ἣν προσεδοκῶμεν, εὕρομεν αὐτήν, ἴδομεν.

LXX

All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide 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.

ASV

פָּצ֨וּ עָלַ֤יִ/ךְ פִּי/הֶם֙ כָּל א֣וֹיְבַ֔יִ/ךְ שָֽׁרְקוּ֙ וַ/יַּֽחַרְקוּ שֵׁ֔ן אָמְר֖וּ בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ אַ֣ךְ זֶ֥ה הַ/יּ֛וֹם שֶׁ/קִּוִּינֻ֖/הוּ מָצָ֥אנוּ רָאִֽינוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
ו
v
noun · 55×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
חָרַ֣ק
chrq
verb · 5×
י
y
verb · 282×
י
y
noun · 496×
יִשְׁרֹ֖ק
yshrq
verb · 12×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 50×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פָּצ֥וּ
ptsv
verb · 15×
קַוֵּ֥ה
qvh
verb · 48×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 51:34 — Nebuchadrezzar 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 cas
  • Jer 51:34 — Nebuchadrezzar 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 cas
  • Job 5:5 — Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
  • Job 16:9 — He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
  • Job 16:9 — He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
  • Lam 3:46 — All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
  • Lam 3:46 — All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
  • Ps 22:13 — They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
  • Ps 22:13 — They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
  • Ps 35:16 — With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
  • Ps 35:16 — With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
  • Ps 35:21 — Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
  • Ps 35:25 — Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
  • Ps 37:12 — The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
  • Ps 56:2 — Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
  • Ps 124:3 — Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: