Psalm 40:15 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, “Aha! Aha!”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, “Aha! Aha!”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that say unto me, Aha, Aha.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha.
LSV Literal Standard Version
They are desolate because of their shame, || Who are saying to me, “Aha, aha.”
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
Let them be desolate, because of their shame, that say unto me, Aha! Aha!
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say to me, Aha, aha.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Let them be destroyed for a rewarde of their shame, which say vnto me, Aha, aha.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Let them be shocked because of their shame, those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
(40-16) Let them be appalled by reason of their shame that say unto me: 'Aha, aha.'
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:16
Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:16
Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, 'Aha, aha.'
FBV Free Bible Version
May they be shocked at their defeat, those who taunted me.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised because of their shame.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Sean asolados en pago de su afrenta los que me dicen: ¡Ea, ea!
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Que se llenen de horror y de vergüenza porque dijeron: ¡Ya lo tenemos!
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Queden consternados a causa de su vergüenza Los que me dicen: ¡Ea, ea!
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Que al momento de la derrota se sorprendan aquellos que intentaban burlarse de mí.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Que se queden sorprendidos por su vergüenza los que me dicen: «¡Ajá, ajá!».
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:16
Κομισάσθωσαν παραχρῆμα αἰσχύνην αὐτῶν, οἱ λέγοντές μοι, εὖγε, εὖγε.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex In this text: Psalm 40:16
יָ֭שֹׁמּוּ עַל־עֵ֣קֶב בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם הָאֹמְרִ֥ים לִ֝֗י הֶ֘אָ֥ח ׀ הֶאָֽח׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate In this text: Psalm 39:16
Ferant confestim confusionem suam, qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge !
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible) In this text: Psalm 39:16
Да прїи́мꙋтъ а҆́бїе стꙋ́дъ сво́й глаго́лющїи мѝ: бла́гоже, бла́гоже.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876) In this text: Psalm 39:16
Да смятутся от посрамления своего говорящие мне: "хорошо! хорошо!"
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ας εξολοθρευθώσι διά μισθόν της αισχύνης αυτών οι λέγοντες προς εμέ, εύγε, εύγε.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Нек се поврате у сметњи својој који ми говоре: Ха! Ха!
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Nek se povrate u smetnji svojoj koji mi govore: Ha! Ha!
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
لِيَسْتَوْحِشْ مِنْ أَجْلِ خِزْيِهِمِ ٱلْقَائِلُونَ لِي: «هَهْ! هَهْ!».
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT