Psalms 35:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion{H8799)} together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed{H8799)} with shame and dishonour that magnify{H8688)} themselves against me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ ׀ יַחְדָּו֮ שְׂמֵחֵ֢י רָעָ֫תִ֥י יִֽלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹ֥שֶׁת וּכְלִמָּ֑ה הַֽמַּגְדִּ‪[t]‬ילִ֥ים עָלָֽי׃

Transliteration

Yēbōšû wə-yaḥpərû yaḥdāw śəmēḥêy rāʿātî; yilbəšû-bōšet û-kəlimmāh ha-magdîlîm ʿālāy.

Grammar Details

*Yēbōšû*: imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine plural - let them be ashamed
*wə*: conjunction - and
*yaḥpərû*: imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine plural - let them be disgraced
*yaḥdāw*: adverb - together
*śəmēḥêy*: adjective, masculine plural construct - rejoicers of
*rāʿātî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my evil
*yilbəšû*: imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine plural - let them wear
*bōšet*: noun, feminine singular - shame
*û*: conjunction - and
*kəlimmāh*: noun, feminine singular - dishonor
*ha*: definite article - the
*magdîlîm*: hiphil participle, masculine plural - those who magnify themselves
*ʿālāy*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - against me

Word Meanings

*Yēbōšû*: let them be ashamed/put to shame/disappointed
*yaḥpərû*: let them be disgraced/confounded/humiliated
*yaḥdāw*: together/all together/alike
*śəmēḥêy*: rejoicers/those who rejoice/those who are glad
*rāʿātî*: my evil/calamity/adversity/harm
*yilbəšû*: let them wear/put on/be clothed with
*bōšet*: shame/disgrace/confusion
*kəlimmāh*: dishonor/disgrace/humiliation/reproach
*magdîlîm*: those who magnify themselves/act proudly/exalt themselves
*ʿālāy*: against me/over me

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Referenced Verses

Ps 38:16 : 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice{H8799)} over me: when my foot slippeth{H8800)}, they magnify{H8689)} themselves against me.
Ps 132:18 : 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Job 19:5 : 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
Job 8:22 : 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Ps 35:4 : 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame{H8735)} that seek{H8764)} after my soul: let them be turned{H8735)} back and brought to confusion{H8799)} that devise{H8802)} my hurt.
Isa 41:11 : 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
Isa 65:13-15 : 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. 15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
Jer 48:26 : 26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
Dan 11:36 : 36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Ps 40:14-15 : 14 Let them be ashamed{H8799)} and confounded{H8799)} together that seek{H8764)} after my soul to destroy{H8800)} it; let them be driven{H8735)} backward and put to shame{H8735)} that wish me evil. 15 Let them be desolate{H8799)} for a reward of their shame that say{H8802)} unto me, Aha, aha.
Ps 55:12 : 12 For it was not an enemy{H8802)} that reproached{H8762)} me; then I could have borne{H8799)} it: neither was it he that hated{H8764)} me that did magnify{H8689)} himself against me; then I would have hid{H8735)} myself from him:
Ps 71:13 : 13 Let them be confounded{H8799)} and consumed{H8799)} that are adversaries{H8802)} to my soul; let them be covered{H8799)} with reproach and dishonour that seek{H8764)} my hurt.
Ps 109:28-29 : 28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
Ps 129:5 : 5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 40:14-15
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14Let them be ashamed{H8799)} and confounded{H8799)} together that seek{H8764)} after my soul to destroy{H8800)} it; let them be driven{H8735)} backward and put to shame{H8735)} that wish me evil.
15Let them be desolate{H8799)} for a reward of their shame that say{H8802)} unto me, Aha, aha.
Ps 70:2-3
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2Let them be ashamed{H8799)} and confounded{H8799)} that seek{H8764)} after my soul: let them be turned{H8735)} backward, and put to confusion{H8735)}, that desire my hurt.
3Let them be turned back{H8799)} for a reward of their shame that say{H8802)}, Aha, aha.
Ps 35:4
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4Let them be confounded and put to shame{H8735)} that seek{H8764)} after my soul: let them be turned{H8735)} back and brought to confusion{H8799)} that devise{H8802)} my hurt.
Ps 71:13
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13Let them be confounded{H8799)} and consumed{H8799)} that are adversaries{H8802)} to my soul; let them be covered{H8799)} with reproach and dishonour that seek{H8764)} my hurt.
Ps 109:28-29
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28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
Ps 35:27
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27Let them shout for joy, and be glad{H8799)}, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say{H8799)} continually, Let the LORD be magnified{H8799)}, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Jer 17:18
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18Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
Ps 83:16-17
2 verses
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16Fill{H8761)} their faces with shame; that they may seek{H8762)} thy name, O LORD.
17Let them be confounded{H8799)} and troubled{H8735)} for ever; yea, let them be put to shame{H8799)}, and perish{H8799)}:
Ps 35:15-16
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15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together{H8738)}: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together{H8738)} against me, and I knew{H8804)} it not; they did tear{H8804)} me, and ceased{H8804)} not:
16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Ps 35:24-25
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24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice{H8799)} over me.
25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say{H8799)}, We have swallowed him up{H8765)}.
Ps 38:16
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16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice{H8799)} over me: when my foot slippeth{H8800)}, they magnify{H8689)} themselves against me.
Ps 35:19
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19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice{H8799)} over me: neither let them wink{H8799)} with the eye that hate{H8802)} me without a cause.
Ps 119:78
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78Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
Ps 6:10
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10Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
Jer 20:10-11
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10For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
11But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
Ps 25:2-3
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2O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
3Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Ps 109:20
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20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
Job 8:22
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22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Job 16:10
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10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Ps 31:17
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17Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
Ps 44:15-16
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15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered{H8765)} me,
16For the voice of him that reproacheth{H8764)} and blasphemeth{H8764)}; by reason of the enemy{H8802)} and avenger{H8693)}.
Ps 129:5
76%
5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Ps 71:24
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24My tongue also shall talk{H8799)} of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded{H8804)}, for they are brought unto shame{H8804)}, that seek{H8764)} my hurt.
Lam 1:21-22
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21They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
22Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Ps 69:6-7
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75%
6Let not them that wait{H8802)} on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed{H8799)} for my sake: let not those that seek{H8764)} thee be confounded{H8735)} for my sake, O God of Israel.
7Because for thy sake I have borne{H8804)} reproach; shame hath covered{H8765)} my face.
Ps 22:7
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7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Ps 13:4
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4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
Ps 55:12
74%
12For it was not an enemy{H8802)} that reproached{H8762)} me; then I could have borne{H8799)} it: neither was it he that hated{H8764)} me that did magnify{H8689)} himself against me; then I would have hid{H8735)} myself from him:
Job 19:5
74%
5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
Isa 45:16
74%
16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
Ps 41:7
74%
7All that hate{H8802)} me whisper{H8691)} together against me: against me do they devise{H8799)} my hurt.
Ps 69:26
74%
26For they persecute{H8804)} him whom thou hast smitten{H8689)}; and they talk{H8762)} to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
Ps 140:9
74%
9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Ps 5:11
74%
11But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
Job 27:7
74%
7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
Ps 109:25
74%
25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
Job 31:29
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29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
Job 6:20
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20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
Isa 26:11
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11LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.