Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Do not let them say to themselves, "Aha! We have what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have devoured him!"
New American Standard Bible
Do not let them say, “We have
King James Version
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Holman Bible
“Aha! Just what we wanted.”
Do not let them say,
“We have swallowed him up!”
International Standard Version
Don't let them say in their hearts, "Yes! We got what we wanted." Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up."
A Conservative Version
Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
American Standard Version
Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Amplified
Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, that is what we wanted!”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up and destroyed him.”
Bible in Basic English
Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.
Darby Translation
Let them not say in their heart, Aha! so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Julia Smith Translation
They shall not say in their heart, Aha! our soul. They shall not say, We swallowed him down.
King James 2000
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not let them say in their hearts, "Aha, our desire." Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."
Modern King James verseion
Let them not say in their hearts, Aha! Our Soul! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let them not say in their hearts, "There! There! So would we have it!" Neither let them say, "We have devoured him."
New Heart English Bible
Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha. That's the way we want it." Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up."
The Emphasized Bible
Let them not say in their heart, Aha! to our mind! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up!
Webster
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
World English Bible
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!"
Youngs Literal Translation
They do not say in their heart, 'Aha, our desire.' They do not say, 'We swallowed him up.'
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 35:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Victory
24 Vindicate me by your justice, O Lord my God! Do not let them gloat over me! 25 Do not let them say to themselves, "Aha! We have what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have devoured him!" 26 May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!
Cross References
Lamentations 2:16
(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said, "We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!"
Psalm 124:3
they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.
Exodus 15:9
The enemy said, 'I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'
2 Samuel 20:19
I represent the peaceful and the faithful in Israel. You are attempting to destroy an important city in Israel. Why should you swallow up the Lord's inheritance?"
Job 1:5
When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's customary practice.
Psalm 27:12
Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.
Psalm 28:3
Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!
Psalm 56:1-2
For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.
Psalm 57:3
May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults! (Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!
Psalm 70:3
May those who say, "Aha! Aha!" be driven back and disgraced!
Psalm 74:8
They say to themselves, "We will oppress all of them." They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land.
Psalm 140:8
O Lord, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack! (Selah)
Matthew 27:43
He trusts in God -- let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said, 'I am God's Son'!"
Mark 2:6
Now some of the experts in the law were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds:
Mark 2:8
Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them, "Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?
1 Corinthians 15:54
Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen, "Death has been swallowed up in victory."