Psalms 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
KJV
Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
ASV
אַל יֹאמְר֣וּ בְ֭/לִבָּ/ם הֶאָ֣ח נַפְשֵׁ֑/נוּ אַל יֹ֝אמְר֗וּ בִּֽלַּעֲנֽוּ/הוּ
Hebrew
They do not say in their heart, `Aha, our desire.' They do not say, `We swallowed him up.'
YLT
Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
הֶאָ֔ח
h'ch
particle · 12×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 752×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 50×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 31:29 — If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
- 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.
- Matt 27:43 — He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
- Ps 27:12 — Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
- Ps 40:15 — Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
- Ps 41:11 — By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
- Ps 56:1 — Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
- Ps 124:3 — Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
- Ps 124:3 — Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: