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King James Version

Psalms 22:13

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Lion;   Persecution;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Suffering;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Lion, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Psalms, book of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aijeleth Shahar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Raven, Ravin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aijeleth Hash-Shahar;   Atonement;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Ravin;   Sin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bashan ;   Dan;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Cedron;   Naphtali;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Psalms the book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ox;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Lion;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Raven;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bashan;   Eschatology;   Lion;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Like lions they open their jaws against me, roaring and tearing into their prey.
English Revised Version
They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Update Bible Version
They gape on me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.
New Century Version
Like hungry, roaring lions they open their mouths at me.
New English Translation
They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
Webster's Bible Translation
They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
World English Bible
They open their mouths wide against me, Lions tearing prey and roaring.
Amplified Bible
They open wide their mouths against me, Like a ravening and a roaring lion.
English Standard Version
they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thei openyden her mouth on me; as doith a lioun rauyschynge and rorynge.
Berean Standard Bible
They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
Contemporary English Version
My enemies are like lions roaring and attacking with jaws open wide.
American Standard Version
They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a roaring lion.
Bible in Basic English
I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.
Complete Jewish Bible
Many bulls surround me, wild bulls of Bashan close in on me.
Darby Translation
They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
Easy-to-Read Version
Their mouths are opened wide, like a lion roaring and tearing at its prey.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
King James Version (1611)
They gaped vpon me with their mouthes, as a rauening and a roaring Lyon.
New Life Bible
They open their mouths wide against me, like a loud, hungry lion.
New Revised Standard
they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.
George Lamsa Translation
Their mouths snarl against me, as a ravening and roaring lion.
Good News Translation
They open their mouths like lions, roaring and tearing at me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(21-14) have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.
Revised Standard Version
they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They gape vpon me with their mouthes: as it were a rampyng and a roryng lion.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and roaring lion.
Christian Standard Bible®
They open their mouths against me—lions, mauling and roaring.
Hebrew Names Version
They open their mouths wide against me, Lions tearing prey and roaring.
Lexham English Bible
They open their mouth against me like a lion tearing and roaring.
Literal Translation
They opened their mouth on Me, like a lion ripping and roaring.
Young's Literal Translation
They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as it were a rampinge and roaringe lyon.
New American Standard Bible
They open their mouths wide at me, As a ravening and roaring lion.
New King James Version
They gape at Me with their mouths, Like a raging and roaring lion.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They open wide their mouth at me, As a ravening and a roaring lion.
Legacy Standard Bible
They open wide their mouth at me,As a lion that tears and roars.

Contextual Overview

11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord : O my strength, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

gaped: etc. Heb. opened their mouths against me, Psalms 22:7, Psalms 35:21, Job 16:10, Lamentations 2:16, Lamentations 3:46, Matthew 26:3, Matthew 26:4, Matthew 26:59-65

as a: Psalms 22:21, Psalms 7:2, Psalms 17:12, Psalms 35:17, Ezekiel 22:27, Ezekiel 22:28, 1 Peter 5:8

Reciprocal: Leviticus 2:9 - an offering Leviticus 8:28 - Moses Psalms 18:4 - floods Psalms 57:4 - among Psalms 68:30 - multitude Psalms 124:2 - when men Isaiah 57:4 - draw Matthew 27:41 - General Mark 10:34 - mock Luke 11:39 - ravening Luke 11:53 - to urge Luke 22:63 - mocked Luke 23:5 - they Luke 23:23 - General Luke 23:35 - the people

Cross-References

Genesis 22:6
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:7
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
Genesis 22:10
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Genesis 22:19
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
Genesis 22:20
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
Isaiah 30:21
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They gaped upon me [with] their mouths,.... Either by way of derision and contempt, Job 16:10; or belching out blasphemy against him, or rather, with the greatest vehemency, crying out "Crucify him, crucify him", Luke 23:21; and this they did

[as] a ravening and roaring lion, when it has got its prey and rejoices, Amos 3:4; and being in such hands, and encompassed about with such enemies, as Christ was in the garden, in the high priest's hall, and in Pilate's judgment hall, is a third reason or argument used by him with God his Father, to be near to him and not far from him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They gaped upon me with their mouths - Margin, as in Hebrew, “opened their mouths against me.” That is, they opened their mouths wide as if they would devour me, as a lion does when he seizes upon his prey. In Psalms 22:7 they are represented as “opening” the mouth for another purpose - that of derision or scorn; here they are described as if they were fierce and wild beasts ready to fall upon their prey.

As a ravening and roaring lion - The word “ravening” means “voraciously devouring,” and the allusion in the Hebrew word is to the lion as he tears his prey - טרף ṭâraph - rending it in pieces to devour it. All this is designed to denote the greediness with which the enemies of the Redeemer sought his life.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 22:13. They gaped upon me — They were fiercely and madly beat on my destruction.


 
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