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Psalm 35:20–21

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20They do not speak peaceably,

but devise false accusationsx

against those who live quietly in the land.

21They sneery at me and say, “Aha! Aha!z

With our own eyes we have seen it.”

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Cross references

  1. xPs 38:12; 55:21; Jer 9:8; Mic 6:12
  2. ySee Job 16:10
  3. zPs 40:15; 70:3; Eze 25:3

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For they do not speak peace,

but against those who are quiet in the land

they devise words of deceit.

They open wide their mouths against me;

they say, “Aha, Aha!

Our eyes have seen it!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For they do not speak in friendly ways,

but contrive fraudulent schemes

against those who live peacefully in the land.

They open their mouths wide against me and say,

“Aha, aha! We saw it!”

NLTNew Living Translation

They don’t talk of peace;

they plot against innocent people who mind their own business.

They shout, “Aha! Aha!

With our own eyes we saw him do it!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For they do not speak peace,

but against the quiet ones of the land

they plan deceitful words.

They also made wide their mouths against me.

They said, “Aha! Aha!

Our eyes have seen it.”

KJV 1900King James Version

For they speak not peace:

But they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me,

And said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.