Lamentations 2:16 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide 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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen [it].
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Opened against thee their mouth have all thine enemies, They have hissed, yea, they gnash the teeth, They have said: `We have swallowed `her' up, Surely this `is' the day that we looked for, We have found -- we have seen.'
| All | פָּצ֨וּ | pāṣû | pa-TSOO |
| thine enemies | עָלַ֤יִךְ | ʿālayik | ah-LA-yeek |
| have opened | פִּיהֶם֙ | pîhem | pee-HEM |
| their mouth | כָּל | kāl | kahl |
| against | אֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְ | ʾōyĕbayik | OH-yeh-VA-yeek |
| hiss they thee: | שָֽׁרְקוּ֙ | šārĕqû | sha-reh-KOO |
| and gnash | וַיַּֽחַרְקוּ | wayyaḥarqû | va-YA-hahr-koo |
| the teeth: | שֵׁ֔ן | šēn | shane |
| they say, | אָמְר֖וּ | ʾomrû | ome-ROO |
| up: her swallowed have We | בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ | billāʿĕnû | bee-LA-eh-noo |
| certainly | אַ֣ךְ | ʾak | ak |
| this | זֶ֥ה | ze | zeh |
| is the day | הַיּ֛וֹם | hayyôm | HA-yome |
| for; looked we that | שֶׁקִּוִּינֻ֖הוּ | šeqqiwwînuhû | sheh-kee-wee-NOO-hoo |
| we have found, | מָצָ֥אנוּ | māṣāʾnû | ma-TSA-noo |
| we have seen | רָאִֽינוּ׃ | rāʾînû | ra-EE-noo |