Psalms 35:16
14 I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
15 But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
17 How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
18 Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- KJV
- With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
- WEB
- Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- ASV
- Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.
- DARBY
- With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.
- BLB
- Like godless mockers at a feast, they gnashed at me with their teeth.
- ÅB
- Som skamløse som spotter for et stykke brød
skjærer de tenner imot meg. - OTB
- Som respektløse narrer ved en fest,
De skar tenner mot meg. - B1930
- Som skamløse som spotter for et stykke brød, skjærer de tenner imot mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
Read in contextJob 16:9
His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
Read in contextPsalms 37:12
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
Read in contextJohn 18:28
Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
Read in contextActs 7:54
On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:14–15
I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
Read in context1 Samuel 20:24–42
So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:8
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
Read in context