Psalms 35:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Do not let them say in their hearts, 'Aha, just what we wanted!' Do not let them say, 'We have swallowed him up!'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־יֹאמְר֣וּ בְ֭לִבָּם הֶאָ֣ח נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ אַל־יֹ֝אמְר֗וּ בִּֽלַּעֲנֽוּהוּ׃

Transliteration

ʾAl-yōʾmərû bə-libbām heʾāḥ napšēnû; ʾal-yōʾmərû billaʿănûhû.

Grammar Details

• *ʾAl*: negative particle - not/do not
• *yōʾmərû*: imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine plural - let them say
• *bə*: preposition - in
• *libbām*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their heart
• *heʾāḥ*: interjection - aha
• *napšēnû*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person plural suffix - our desire
• *ʾal*: negative particle - not/do not
• *billaʿănûhû*: perfect, 1st person plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - we have swallowed him

Word Meanings

• *yōʾmərû*: let them say/speak/declare
• *libbām*: their heart/mind/inner self
• *heʾāḥ*: aha/ha-ha/exclamation of satisfaction
• *napšēnû*: our desire/appetite/longing
• *billaʿănûhû*: we have swallowed him/devoured him/consumed him

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, this is what we wanted; let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let them not say{H559} in their heart,{H3820} Aha,{H1889} so would we have it:{H5315} Let them not say,{H559} We have swallowed him up.{H1104}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let them not say{H559}{(H8799)} in their hearts{H3820}, Ah{H1889}, so would we have it{H5315}: let them not say{H559}{H8799)}, We have swallowed him up{H1104}{H8765)}.

• 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.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let them not say in their hearts, O our soule reioyce: neither let them say, We haue deuoured him.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let them not say in their heart, it is as we woulde haue it: neither let them say, we haue deuoured hym.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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!"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  They do not say in their heart, `Aha, our desire.' They do not say, `We swallowed him up.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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 (1901)

  Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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!"

• NET Bible® (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!”

Referenced Verses

• Lam 2:16 : 16 All your enemies open their mouths against you; they hiss and grind their teeth, saying, 'We have swallowed her up. Surely this is the day we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.'
• Ps 124:3 : 3 then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.
• Ps 140:8 : 8 O LORD, my Master, the strength of my salvation, you have shielded my head on the day of battle.
• Matt 27:43 : 43 'He trusts in God; let God deliver Him now, if He wants Him. For He said, "I am the Son of God."'
• Mark 2:6 : 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, reasoning in their hearts,
• Mark 2:8 : 8 And immediately, Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning within themselves in this way, said to them, 'Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?'
• 1 Cor 15:54 : 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.'
• Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.'
• 2 Sam 20:19 : 19 I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why do you want to devour the LORD's inheritance?"
• Job 1:5 : 5 When the days of feasting were over, Job would send for them and consecrate them. Rising early in the morning, he would offer burnt offerings for each of them, thinking, 'Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.' Job did this regularly.
• Ps 27:12 : 12 Do not hand me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
• Ps 28:3 : 3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak peace to their neighbors but harbor evil in their hearts.
• Ps 56:1-2 : 1 For the director, according to 'The Silent Dove of Distant Places.' A Miktam of David, when the Philistines captured him in Gath. 2 Be gracious to me, O God, for mankind pursues me; all day long an attacker oppresses me!
• Ps 57:3 : 3 I will call to God Most High, to God who accomplishes His purpose for me.
• Ps 70:3 : 3 Let those who seek my life be ashamed and humiliated. Let those who desire my harm retreat in disgrace.
• Ps 74:8 : 8 They said in their hearts, 'Let us completely subdue them!' They burned all the meeting places of God in the land.