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Psalms 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Do not let them say in their hearts,“Aha! Just what we wanted.”Do not let them say,“We have swallowed him up!”
Do not let them say in their hearts,“Aha! Just what we wanted.”Do not let them say,“We have swallowed him up!”
Hebrew Names Version
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!"
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!"
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.
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
English Standard Version
Let them not say in their hearts, "Aha, our heart's desire!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."
Let them not say in their hearts, "Aha, our heart's desire!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."
New Century Version
Don't let them think, "Aha! We got what we wanted!" Don't let them say, "We destroyed him."
Don't let them think, "Aha! We got what we wanted!" Don't let them say, "We destroyed him."
New English Translation
Do not let them say to themselves, "Aha! We have what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have devoured him!"
Do not let them say to themselves, "Aha! We have what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have devoured him!"
Amplified Bible
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."
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."
New American Standard Bible
Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, our desire!" Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"
Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, our desire!" Do not let them 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!"
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!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Let them not say in their hearts, O our soule reioyce: neither let them say, We haue deuoured him.
Let them not say in their hearts, O our soule reioyce: neither let them say, We haue deuoured him.
Legacy Standard Bible
Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, our desire!"Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"
Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, our desire!"Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"
Berean Standard Bible
Let them not say in their hearts, "Aha, just what we wanted!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up!"
Let them not say in their hearts, "Aha, just what we wanted!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up!"
Contemporary English Version
or say to each other, "Now we've got what we want! We'll gobble him down!"
or say to each other, "Now we've got what we want! We'll gobble him down!"
Complete Jewish Bible
Don't let them say to themselves, "Aha! We got what we wanted!" or say, "We swallowed them up!"
Don't let them say to themselves, "Aha! We got what we wanted!" or say, "We swallowed them up!"
Darby Translation
Let them not say in their heart, Aha! so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Let them not say in their heart, Aha! so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Easy-to-Read Version
Don't let them think, "Aha! We got what we wanted!" Don't let them say, "We destroyed him!"
Don't let them think, "Aha! We got what we wanted!" Don't let them say, "We destroyed him!"
George Lamsa Translation
Let them not say in their hearts, We have rid ourselves of him and we have buried him.
Let them not say in their hearts, We have rid ourselves of him and we have buried him.
Good News Translation
Don't let them say to themselves, "We are rid of him! That's just what we wanted!"
Don't let them say to themselves, "We are rid of him! That's just what we wanted!"
Lexham English Bible
Do not let them say in their hearts, "Aha, our desire." Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."
Do not let them say in their hearts, "Aha, our desire." Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."
Literal Translation
Let them not say in their hearts, Aha! Our soul! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Let them not say in their hearts, Aha! Our soul! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O let the not saye in their hertes: there there, so wolde we haue it. O let them not saye: we haue ouercome him.
O let the not saye in their hertes: there there, so wolde we haue it. O let them not saye: we haue ouercome him.
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.
Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Let them not say in their heart: 'Aha, we have our desire'; let them not say: 'We have swallowed him up.'
Let them not say in their heart: 'Aha, we have our desire'; let them not say: 'We have swallowed him up.'
King James Version (1611)
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we haue it: let them not say, We haue swallowed him vp.
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we haue it: let them not say, We haue swallowed him vp.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let them not say in their heart, it is as we woulde haue it: neither let them say, we haue deuoured hym.
Let them not say in their heart, it is as we woulde haue it: neither let them say, we haue deuoured hym.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, aha, it is pleasing to our soul: neither let them say, We have devoured him.
Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, aha, it is pleasing to our soul: neither let them say, We have devoured him.
English Revised Version
Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Seie thei not in her hertis, Wel, wel, to oure soule; nether seie thei, We schulen deuoure hym.
Seie thei not in her hertis, Wel, wel, to oure soule; nether seie thei, We schulen deuoure hym.
Update Bible Version
Don't let them say in their heart, Aha, so we would have it: Don't let them say, We have swallowed him up.
Don't let them say in their heart, Aha, so we would have it: Don't let them say, We have swallowed him up.
Webster's Bible Translation
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
New King James Version
Let them not say in their hearts, "Ah, so we would have it!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."
Let them not say in their hearts, "Ah, so we would have it!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."
New Living Translation
Don't let them say, "Look, we got what we wanted! Now we will eat him alive!"
Don't let them say, "Look, we got what we wanted! Now we will eat him alive!"
New Life Bible
Do not let them say in their heart, "O, just what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"
Do not let them say in their heart, "O, just what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"
New Revised Standard
Do not let them say to themselves, "Aha, we have our heart's desire." Do not let them say, "We have swallowed you up."
Do not let them say to themselves, "Aha, we have our heart's desire." Do not let them say, "We have swallowed you up."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Let them not say in their heart, Aha! to our mind! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up!
Let them not say in their heart, Aha! to our mind! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up!
Douay-Rheims Bible
(34-25) Let them not say in their hearts: It is well, it is well, to our mind: neither let them say: We have swallowed him up.
(34-25) Let them not say in their hearts: It is well, it is well, to our mind: neither let them say: We have swallowed him up.
Revised Standard Version
Let them not say to themselves, "Aha, we have our heart's desire!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."
Let them not say to themselves, "Aha, we have our heart's desire!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."
Young's Literal Translation
They do not say in their heart, `Aha, our desire.' They do not say, `We swallowed him up.'
They do not say in their heart, `Aha, our desire.' They do not say, `We swallowed him up.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, our desire!" Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"
Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, our desire!" Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"
Contextual Overview
17 Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions. 18 I will give you praise in the great meeting; I will give you honour among a strong people. 19 Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me. 20 For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land. 21 Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it. 22 You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me. 23 Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord. 24 Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me. 25 Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him. 26 Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
say: Psalms 27:12, Psalms 28:3, Psalms 70:3, Psalms 74:8, Job 1:5, Mark 2:6, Mark 2:8
Ah: Heb. Ah, ah, our soul
so: Psalms 140:8, Exodus 15:9, Matthew 27:43
We have: Psalms 56:1, Psalms 56:2, Psalms 57:3, Psalms 124:3, 2 Samuel 20:19, Lamentations 2:16, 1 Corinthians 15:54
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 17:16 - be swallowed Job 30:24 - they cry Job 31:29 - General Job 31:31 - Oh Psalms 13:4 - Lest Psalms 30:1 - hast not Psalms 35:15 - in mine Psalms 40:15 - say Psalms 41:11 - because Proverbs 1:12 - swallow Ezekiel 36:3 - swallowed Luke 22:63 - mocked
Cross-References
Genesis 35:4
Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.
Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.
Genesis 35:8
And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.
And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.
Genesis 35:23
Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;
Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;
Genesis 35:25
The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali;
The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali;
Genesis 37:2
These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Let them not say in their hearts, ah, so would we have it,.... Or we have what our souls wished for and desired: the sense of the petition is the same with Psalms 27:12;
let them not say, we have swallowed him up; as roaring lions swallow down their prey, to which he had compared them, Psalms 35:17; and as wicked men eat up the Lord's people as they eat bread, Psalms 14:4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Let them not say in their hearts - Let them not congratulate themselves on the result; let them not feel that they have triumphed; let them not, under thy government, come off victorious in doing wrong.
Ah, so would we have it - Margin, as in Hebrew, “Ah, our soul.” That is, It is just as we thought it was; just as we desired it should be; that is exactly our mind in the case. God has permitted us to triumph, and he has showed that we are right in the matter. He has decided the thing in our favor, and it is just as it should be.
Let them not say, We have swallowed him up - See the notes at Psalms 21:9. The meaning is, We have entirely destroyed him - as Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were destroyed by being swallowed up in the earth, Numbers 16:31-35. Compare Lamentations 2:16.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 35:25. Swallowed him up. — בלענוהו billaanuhu, we have gulped him down.
