Psalms 22:16
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
17 I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
18 They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
- KJV
- For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- WEB
- For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
- ASV
- For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
- DARBY
- For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- BLB
- For dogs have surrounded me; the swarm of the wicked has encircled me, piercing my hands and my feet.
- ÅB
- For hunder omringer meg,
flokken av de onde beleirer meg;
de har gjennomhullet hendene og føttene mine. - OTB
- For hunder har omringet meg;
Som en flokk har onde gjort meg omringet;
De har gjennomboret mine hender og mine føtter. - B1930
- For hunder omringer mig, de ondes hop kringsetter mig; de har gjennemboret mine hender og mine føtter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 19:37
And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
Read in contextZechariah 12:10
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
Read in contextMatthew 27:35
When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.
Read in contextJohn 20:25
So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”
Read in contextJohn 19:23
When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
Read in contextJohn 19:34
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
Read in contextMark 15:24
And they crucified Him. They also divided His garments by casting lots to decide what each of them would take.
Read in contextJohn 20:27
Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”
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