Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageLet them stumble backward in their own shame — those mockers who jeer, 'Aha! Aha!'
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GLet them be turned back on the heel of their own shame — those who cry, 'Aha! Aha!'
KJV
King James VersionLet them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleMay those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
Footnotes
עַל-עֵקֶב (*al-ekev*, "on the heel of") is a vivid idiom meaning "as the direct consequence of" — the enemies' shame becomes the very thing that trips them. The root עָקֵב (*akev*, "heel") carries the same resonance as the name יַעֲקֹב (*Yaakov*), the one who grasps heels — reversals run deep in the Hebrew imagination. הֶאָח (*he'ach*) is onomatopoeic: a gloating taunt, the sound of contempt over the fallen, echoing in Psalm 35:21 and Ezekiel 25:3. FOG preserves the heel idiom literally to honour the wordplay; FOG Message renders the reversal dynamically as stumbling, capturing the physical image of shame tripping an enemy from behind.