Psalms 35 · Verse 16

Psalms 35:16

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Psalms 35:16, King James Version

Psalms 35:16 in other translations

BSBLike godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
WEBLike the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
ASVLike the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.
YLTWith profane ones, mockers in feasts, Gnashing against me their teeth.
DARBYWith profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.
BBELike men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.
WebsterWith hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

What does Psalms 35:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 35:15-16

15-16. On the contrary, they rejoiced in his affliction. Halting, or, "lameness," as in Psa 38:17 for any distress. abjects--either as cripples (compare 2Sa 4:4), contemptible; or, degraded persons, such as had been beaten (compare Job 30:1-8). I knew it not--either the persons, or, reasons of such conduct. tear me, and ceased not--literally, "were not silent"--showing that the tearing meant slandering.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts - These verses seem to be prophetic of the treatment of Christ. They did tear me, and I knew it not. They blindfolded and buffeted him; they placed him in such circumstances as not to be able to discern who insulted him, except by a supernatural knowledge. With hypocritical mockers in feasts may also relate prophetically to our Lord's sufferings. Herod clothed him in a purple robe, put a reed in his hand for a scepter, bowed the knee before him, and set him at naught. Here their hypocritical conduct (pretending one thing while they meant another) was manifest, and possibly; this occurred at one of Herod's feasts.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 35:11-16

Call a man ungrateful, and you can call him no worse: this was the character of David's enemies. Herein he was a type of Christ. David shows how tenderly he had behaved towards them in afflictions. We ought to mourn for the sins of those who do not mourn for themselves. We shall not lose by the good offices we do to any, how ungrateful soever they may be. Let us learn to possess our souls in patience and meekness…

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Psalms 35:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּ֭חַנְפֵיBe.chan.fei<in> godless [ones] ofH2611
לַעֲגֵ֣יla.'a.Geimockers ofH3934
מָע֑וֹגma.'ogcakeH4580
חָרֹ֖קcha.Rokthey gnashedH2786
עָלַ֣י'a.Laitowards meH5921
שִׁנֵּֽימוֹ\׃shi.Nei.movteeth theirH8127

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 35:16

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 37:12

    The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • John 18:28

    Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

  • Acts 7:54

    When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

  • Isaiah 1:14-15

    Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

  • 1 Samuel 20:24-42

    So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty. Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day? …

  • 1 Corinthians 5:8

    Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hypocritical.
1Sa 20:24-42; Isa 1:14,15; Joh 18:28; 1Co 5:8
gnashed.
37:12; Job 16:9; La 2:16; Ac 7:54

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Context

  • Psalms 35:15

    But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

  • Psalms 35:16

    With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

  • Psalms 35:17

    Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

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Psalms 35:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Con los lisonjeros escarnecedores truhanes, crujiendo sobre mí sus dientes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Avec d’impies parasites moqueurs ils ont grincé des dents contre moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gleich ruchlosen Schmarotzern knirschten sie wider mich mit ihren Zähnen.