Psalms 22:12
10 From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.
11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13 They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
- KJV
- Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
- WEB
- Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
- ASV
- Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
- DARBY
- Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.
- BLB
- Many [strong] bulls have surrounded me, mighty ones of Bashan have encircled Me.
- ÅB
- Sterke okser omringer meg,
Basans okser beleirer meg. - OTB
- Mange okser har omringet meg;
Sterke okser fra Basan har omringet meg. - B1930
- Sterke okser omringer mig, Basans okser kringsetter mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Amos 4:1–3
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
Read in contextActs 4:27
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
Read in contextPsalms 68:30
Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
Read in contextMatthew 27:1
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:14–15
with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
Read in contextEzekiel 39:18
You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:11
“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
Read in contextIsaiah 34:7
And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
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