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Psalms 35:21

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

KJV

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

ASV

וַ/יַּרְחִ֥יבוּ עָלַ֗/י פִּ֫י/הֶ֥ם אָ֭מְרוּ הֶאָ֣ח הֶאָ֑ח רָאֲתָ֥ה עֵינֵֽי/נוּ

Hebrew

And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, `Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'

YLT

Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֶאָ֔ח
h'ch
particle · 12×
י
y
noun · 496×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רָ֤חַב
rchb
verb · 25×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Isa 57:4 — Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
  • Lam 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.
  • Luke 11:53 — And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
  • Ps 10:3 — For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
  • 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 38:21 — Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
  • Ps 40:15 — Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
  • Ps 40:15 — Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
  • Ps 54:7 — For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
  • Ps 70:3 — Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.