KJV King James Version
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].
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Psalm 35:21
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
WEB World English Bible
Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”
ASV American Standard Version
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, ‘Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.’
Surrounding context — Psalm 35
18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.
21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].
22 [This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
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Psalm 40:15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.Psalm 22:13They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.Luke 11:53-54And 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:Psalm 70:3Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.Psalm 54:7For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen [his desire] upon mine enemies.Isaiah 9:12The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.
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