Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, 'Aha, aha.'
New American Standard Bible
Who
King James Version
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
Holman Bible
be horrified because of their shame.
International Standard Version
Let shame be the reward for those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"
A Conservative Version
Let them be desolate because of their shame who say to me, Aha, aha.
American Standard Version
Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha.
Amplified
Let those be appalled and desolate because of their shame
Who say to me, “Aha, aha [rejoicing in my misfortune]!”
Bible in Basic English
Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised because of their shame.
Darby Translation
Let them be desolate, because of their shame, that say unto me, Aha! Aha!
Julia Smith Translation
They shall be made desolate for the reward of their shame, they saying to me, Aha! aha!
King James 2000
Let them be desolate as a reward for their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let them be appalled because of their shame, those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"
Modern King James verseion
Let them be desolate as a reward for their shame, those who say to me, Aha, aha!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let them be desolate, and rewarded with shame, that say unto me, "There! There!"
NET Bible
May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" be humiliated and disgraced!
New Heart English Bible
Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, "Aha. Aha."
The Emphasized Bible
Let them be astonished on account of their own shame, who are saying of me, Aha! Aha!
Webster
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say to me, Aha, aha.
World English Bible
Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, "Aha! Aha!"
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 40:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Thanksgiving And A Cry For Help
14 They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil. 15 They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, 'Aha, aha.' 16 All seeking Thee rejoice and are glad in Thee, Those loving Thy salvation say continually, 'Jehovah is magnified.'
Cross References
Psalm 35:21
And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'
Psalm 35:25
They do not say in their heart, 'Aha, our desire.' They do not say, 'We swallowed him up.'
Psalm 69:24-25
Pour upon them Thine indignation, And the fierceness of Thine anger doth seize them.
Psalm 70:3-4
Let them turn back because of their shame, Who are saying, 'Aha, aha.'
Psalm 73:19
How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.
Psalm 109:6-20
Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.
Luke 19:43-44
'Because days shall come upon thee, and thine enemies shall cast around thee a rampart, and compass thee round, and press thee on every side,
Luke 21:23-24
'And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;