King James Version

Psalms 35:16

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

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בְּ֭חַנְפֵיbechanfein hypocriteחָנֵףpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “in hypocrite”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2611soiled (i.e. with sin), impioushypocrite(-ical).לַעֲגֵ֣יlaagemockerלָעֵגadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “mocker”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3934a buffoon; also a foreignermocker, stammering.מָע֑וֹגmaogcakeמָעוֹגnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “cake”, the ordinary formH4580a cake of bread; parasitecake, feast.חָרֹ֖קcharoqgnashחָרַקverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “gnash”, the verb used for emphasisH2786to grate the teethgnash.עָלַ֣יalayaboveעַלpreposition, 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,…שִׁנֵּֽימוֹshineymvoivoryשֵׁןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “ivory”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8127a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliffcrag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

With profane ones, mockers in feasts, Gnashing against me their teeth.

World English Bible

Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Darby Translation

With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπείρασάν με, ἐξεμυκτήρισάν με μυκτηρισμὸν, ἔβρυξαν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτῶν.