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Psalms 37:12

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

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זֹמֵ֣םzomemconsiderזָמַםverb, qal, participle, absolute — “consider”, a verb used as a describing wordH2161to plan, usually in a bad senseconsider, devise, imagine, plot, purpose, think (evil).רָ֭שָׁעrashaguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.לַצַּדִּ֑יקlatsadiqto justצַדִּיקpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “to just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).וְחֹרֵ֖קvechoreqand gnashחָרַקconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and gnash”, a verb used as a describing wordH2786to grate the teethgnash.עָלָ֣יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, 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,…שִׁנָּֽיוshinayvivoryשֵׁןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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)

The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

World English Bible

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

Darby Translation

The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

Douay-Rheims

My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against me. And they that were near me stood afar off:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Παρατηρήσεται ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς τὸν δίκαιον, καὶ βρύξει ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτοῦ.