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The Psalm of the Cross

Psalms 22:13

In 11 translations

BSB
They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
KJV
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.gaped…: Heb. opened their mouths against me
WEB
They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
ASV
They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a roaring lion.
LSV
They have opened their mouth against Me, || A lion tearing and roaring.
YLT
They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.
DBY
They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
DRC21:14
They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.
GNV
They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.
JPS22:14
They open wide their mouth against me, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
LXXE21:14
They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and roaring lion.

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Original-language editions

WLC22:14
פָּצ֣וּ עָלַ֣י פִּיהֶ֑ם אַ֝רְיֵ֗ה טֹרֵ֥ף וְשֹׁאֵֽג׃KJV:Ps.22.13
LXX-Br21:14
Ἤνοιξαν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν, ὡς λέων ὁ ἁρπάζων καὶ ὠρυόμενος.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
  • Psalms 35:21They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
  • Psalms 17:12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
  • Matthew 26:59–65Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward and…
  • Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
  • Lamentations 3:46All our enemies open their mouths against us.
  • Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
  • Matthew 26:3–4At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
  • Psalms 7:2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
  • Psalms 22:7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
  • Ezekiel 22:27–28Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain. Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the…
  • Psalms 35:17How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
  • Psalms 22:21Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 22:14 in some Bibles
  • 22:13 in most Bibles

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