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Psalms 22:7

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

KJV

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

ASV

וְ/אָנֹכִ֣י תוֹלַ֣עַת וְ/לֹא אִ֑ישׁ חֶרְפַּ֥ת אָ֝דָ֗ם וּ/בְז֥וּי עָֽם

Hebrew

All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip--shake the head,

YLT

All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
הוּ
hv
verb · 43×
חֶרְפַּ֥ת
chrpt
noun · 70×
י
y
noun · 1849×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
תוֹלַ֥עַת
tvl't
noun · 43×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Matt 27:39 · adapted
    "And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,"
    Psalm 22: they mock him, shaking their heads — at the crucifixion

Themes

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

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

And when crucified, He spoke: 'O God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?' See Ps. xxii. 1. And the rest of the Psalm makes clear that it was spoken of Christ. For it says: 'All they that see Me laughed Me to scorn; they spake with the lips, they shook the head, saying: He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him, since He desires Him.' See Ps. xxii. 7-8. And this did happen. For the…

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 19:21 — This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
  • Eph 2:13 — But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
  • Isa 37:22 — This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
  • Jer 18:16 — To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
  • Job 12:4 — I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
  • Job 16:4 — I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
  • Lam 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
  • Luke 8:53 — And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
  • Luke 23:11 — And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
  • Mark 15:20 — And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
  • 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 20:19 — And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
  • Matt 26:66 — What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
  • Matt 27:29 — And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
  • Matt 27:39 — And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
  • Ps 3:2 — Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
  • Ps 64:8 — So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
  • Ps 109:25 — I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.