Lamentations 2:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLamentations 2:16 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
פָּצ֨וּ
pâtsâh
H6475
to open
עָלַ֤יִךְ
ʻal
H5921
upon
פִּיהֶם֙
peh
H6310
mouth
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
א֣וֹיְבַ֔יִךְ
ʼôyêb
H341
enemy
שָֽׁרְקוּ֙
shâraq
H8319
to hiss
וַיַּֽחַרְקוּ
châraq
H2786
to gnash
שֵׁ֔ן
shên
H8127
tooth
אָמְר֖וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ
bâlaʻ
H1104
to swallow up
אַ֣ךְ
ʼak
H389
surely
זֶ֥ה
zeh
H2088
this
הַיּ֛וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
שֶׁקִּוִּינֻ֖הוּ
qâvâh
H6960
to wait
מָצָ֥אנוּ
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
רָאִֽינוּ
râʼâh
H7200
to see
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World English Bible Public Domain
All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; 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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
All your enemies have opened their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash teeth; they say, “We have swallowed up! Surely this is the day we waited for; we have found it, we have seen it!” PE
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).