Psalms 35:16

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Complete Jewish Bible:

With ungodly mocking and grimacing, they grind their teeth at me.

Berean Standard Bible:

Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

American Standard Version:

Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

With hypocritical{H2611} mockers{H3934} in feasts{H4580}, they gnashed{H2786} upon me with their teeth{H8127}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Lamentations 2:16

  • 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].

Job 16:9

  • He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Psalms 37:12

  • The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

John 18:28

  • ¶ Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

1 Corinthians 5:8

  • Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth.

Isaiah 1:14

  • Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear [them].

Isaiah 1:15

  • And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

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Commentary for Psalms 35:16

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H2611
    There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָנֵף
    Transliteration: chânêph
    Pronunciation: khaw-nafe'
    Description: from חָנֵף; soiled (i.e. with sin), impious; hypocrite(-ical).
  2. Strong's Number: H3934
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לָעֵג
    Transliteration: lâʻêg
    Pronunciation: law-ayg'
    Description: from לָעַג; a buffoon; also a foreigner; mocker, stammering.
  3. Strong's Number: H4580
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָעוֹג
    Transliteration: mâʻôwg
    Pronunciation: maw-ogue'
    Description: from עוּג; also with לָעֵג a table-buffoon, i.e.; a cake of bread; parasite; cake, feast.
  4. Strong's Number: H2786
    There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָרַק
    Transliteration: châraq
    Pronunciation: khaw-rak'
    Description: a primitive root; to grate the teeth; gnash.
  5. Strong's Number: H8127
    There are 48 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שֵׁן
    Transliteration: shên
    Pronunciation: shane
    Description: from שָׁנַן; compare שֶׁנְהַבִּים; a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff; crag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth.