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Psalms 22:13

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

KJV

They gape upon me with their mouth, Asa ravening and a roaring lion.

ASV

סְ֭בָבוּ/נִי פָּרִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים אַבִּירֵ֖י בָשָׁ֣ן כִּתְּרֽוּ/נִי

Hebrew

They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.

YLT

They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּשָׁ֖ן
bshn
proper_noun · 60×
ו
v
adjective · 17×
מַכְתִּ֣יר
mktyr
verb · 5×
נִי
ny
verb · 158×
פַּ֣ר
pr
noun · 132×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Job 16:10 — They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
  • Job 16:10 — They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
  • Lam 2:16 — All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
  • Lam 2:16 — All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
  • Lam 3:46 — All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
  • Luke 11:39 — And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
  • Matt 26:3 — Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
  • Matt 26:59 — Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
  • Ps 7:2 — Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
  • Ps 17:12 — Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
  • Ps 35:21 — Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
  • Ps 35:21 — Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.