Psalms 35 · Verse 21

Psalms 35:21

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
Psalms 35:21, King James Version

Psalms 35:21 in other translations

BSBThey gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
WEBYes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”
ASVYea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
YLTAnd they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, ‘Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'
DARBYAnd they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it.
BBETheir mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.
WebsterYes, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

What does Psalms 35:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. On the gesture compare Psa 22:7; and on the expressions of malicious triumph, compare Psa 10:13; 28:3.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 They opened their mouth wide - Gaped upon me to express their contempt. And said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it - They said, האח האח heach, heach, the last syllable in each word being a protracted strongly guttural sound, marking insult and triumph at the same time. It is the word which we translate Ah, Psa 35:25.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 35:17-28

Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David prays, My soul is in danger, Lord, rescue it; it belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not far from me, as if I were a stranger. He who exalted the once suffering Redeemer, will appear for all his people: the roaring…

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Psalms 35:21 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.

וַיַּרְחִ֥יבוּvai.yar.Chi.vuand they have opened wideH7337
עָלַ֗י'a.Laion meH5921
פִּ֫יהֶ֥םpi.Hemmouth theirH6310
אָ֭מְרוּ'A.me.ruthey have saidH559
הֶאָ֣ח\׀he.'Achaha!H1889
הֶאָ֑חhe.'Achaha!H1889
רָאֲתָ֥הra.'a.Tahit has seenH7200
עֵינֵֽינוּ\׃'ei.Nei.nueyes ourH5869

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

Cross references for Psalms 35:21

  • Psalms 40:15

    Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

  • Luke 11:53-54

    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: Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

  • Psalms 22:13

    They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

  • Psalms 70:3

    Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

  • Psalms 54:7

    For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

  • Isaiah 9:12

    The 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Yea.
22:13; Isa 9:12; Lu 11:53,54
Aha.
40:15; 54:7; 70:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 35:20

    For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

  • Psalms 35:21

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

  • Psalms 35:22

    This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

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Psalms 35:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y ensancharon sobre mí su boca; dijeron: ¡Ea, ea, nuestros ojos lo han visto!
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils ont élargi leur bouche contre moi; ils ont dit: Ha ha! ha ha! notre œil l’a vu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie haben ihr Maul wider mich aufgesperrt; sie haben gesagt: Haha! Haha! unser Auge hats gesehen!