Psalms 35:21

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“They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!””

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BSBPD

“They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 35:21 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 30:11Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
  2. Psalms 22:13They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
  3. Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
  4. Psalms 40:15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
  5. Psalms 40:16May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
  6. Psalms 54:7For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.
  7. Psalms 70:3May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
  8. Isaiah 9:12Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  9. Lamentations 2:16All 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!”
  10. Ezekiel 25:3Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
  11. Luke 11:53As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

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