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Psalms 22:17

I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

KJV

I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me;

ASV

כִּ֥י סְבָב֗וּ/נִי כְּלָ֫בִ֥ים עֲדַ֣ת מְ֭רֵעִים הִקִּיפ֑וּ/נִי כָּ֝/אֲרִ֗י יָדַ֥/י וְ/רַגְלָֽ/י

Hebrew

I count all my bones--they look expectingly, They look upon me,

YLT

I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 247×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יֵּ֥רַע
yr'
verb · 102×
כְּלָבִ֛ים
klbym
noun · 32×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּֽרָה
krh
verb · 16×
מַקִּפִ֥ים
mqpym
verb · 19×
נִי
ny
verb · 158×
עֵדָ֔ה
'dh
noun · 149×

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 17.—Of Those Things in the 110th Psalm Which Relate to the Priesthood of Christ, and in the 22d to His Passion. Just as in that psalm also where Christ is most openly proclaimed as Priest, even as He is here as King, “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou at my right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.”10911091 Ps. cx. 1. That Christ sits on the right hand of…

Cross-references

  • Isa 45:22 — Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
  • Isa 52:14 — As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
  • Isa 52:14 — As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
  • Job 33:21 — His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
  • Luke 23:27 — And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
  • Luke 23:35 — And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
  • Luke 23:35 — And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
  • Mark 15:29 — And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
  • Matt 27:39 — And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
  • Obad 1:12 — But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neit
  • Ps 22:14 — 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.