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Lamentations 2:16

16  hAll your enemies

rail against you;

they hiss, they gnash their teeth,

they cry: “We ihave swallowed her!

Ah, this is the day we longed for;

now we have it; jwe see it!”

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Lamentations 2:16 — The New International Version (NIV)

16 All your enemies open their mouths

wide against you;

they scoff and gnash their teeth

and say, “We have swallowed her up.

This is the day we have waited for;

we have lived to see it.”

Lamentations 2:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 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.

Lamentations 2:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 All your enemies mock you.

They scoff and snarl and say,

“We have destroyed her at last!

We have long waited for this day,

and it is finally here!”

Lamentations 2:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 All your enemies have opened their mouth against you;

They hiss and gnash their teeth.

They say, “We have swallowed her up!

Surely this is the day we have waited for;

We have found it, we have seen it!

Lamentations 2:16 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 All your enemies open their mouths

to speak against you.

They make fun and grind their teeth in anger.

They say, “We have swallowed you up.

This is the day we were waiting for!

We have finally seen it happen.”

Lamentations 2:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 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.

Lamentations 2:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 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.

Lamentations 2:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 All your enemies gawk at you. 

They hiss and grit their teeth. 

They say, ‘We’ve swallowed it up. 

Yes, this is the day we’ve been waiting for. 

At last we have seen it!’ 

Lamentations 2:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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 we have waited for!

We have lived to see it.”

Lamentations 2:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 All your enemies

open their mouths against you;

they hiss, they gnash their teeth,

they cry: “We have devoured her!

Ah, this is the day we longed for;

at last we have seen it!”

Lamentations 2:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 They have opened their mouths against you,

all your enemies.

They hiss and gnash a tooth,

and they say, “We have destroyed her!

Surely this is the day we have hoped for;

we have found it, we have seen it!”

Lamentations 2:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 All of your enemies open their mouths

wide against you.

They laugh at you and grind their teeth.

They say, “We have swallowed Jerusalem’s people up.

This is the day we’ve waited for.

And we’ve lived to see it.”

Lamentations 2:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 All your enemies

Have opened their mouths wide against you;

They hiss and gnash their teeth.

They say, “We have swallowed her up!

Surely this is the day for which we waited;

We have reached it, we have seen it.


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