King James Version

Lamentations 3:62

The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

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שִׂפְתֵ֤יsiftelanguageשָׂפָהnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct — “language”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.קָמַי֙qamayriseקוּםverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “rise”, a verb used as a describing wordH6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (u…וְהֶגְיוֹנָ֔םvehegyonamand deviceהִגָּיוֹןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and device”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1902a murmuring sound, i.e. a musical notation (probably similar to the modern affettuoso to indicate solemnity of movement); by implication, a machinationdevice, Higgaion, meditation, solemn sound.עָלַ֖יalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הַיּֽוֹםhayomthe as long asיוֹםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The lips of those that rose up against me, and their muttering against me all the day.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

Young’s Literal Translation

The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.

World English Bible

the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.

Darby Translation

the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day.

Douay-Rheims

Sin. The lips of them that rise up against me: and their devices against me all the day.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The lips of those that rose up against me, and their muttering against me all the day.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

the lips of them that rose up against me, and their plots against me all the day;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

χείλη ἐπανισταμένων μοι, καὶ μελέτας αὐτῶν κατʼ ἐμοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν,