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Berean Standard Bible

“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!””

Lamentations 2:16

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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!”

World English Bible (WEB)

All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.”

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.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Todos tus enemigos abrieron sobre ti su boca, silbaron, y rechinaron los dientes; dijeron: Devoremos: cierto éste es el día que esperábamos; lo hemos hallado, vímoslo.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Todos tus enemigos abren la boca para hablar mal de ti; rechinando los dientes, se burlan diciendo: «¡La hemos destruido al fin! ¡Ha llegado el día que tanto esperábamos! ¡Por fin podemos verlo!».

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