Psalms 69:21
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
KJV
They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
ASV
חֶרְפָּ֤ה שָֽׁבְרָ֥ה לִבִּ֗/י וָֽ/אָ֫נ֥וּשָׁ/ה וָ/אֲקַוֶּ֣ה לָ/נ֣וּד וָ/אַ֑יִן וְ֝/לַ/מְנַחֲמִ֗ים וְ/לֹ֣א מָצָֽאתִי
Hebrew
And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.
YLT
They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
ה
h
pronoun · 1×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
חֶרְפַּ֥ת
chrpt
noun · 70×
י
y
noun · 591×
יָנ֣וּד
ynvd
verb · 25×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 108×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
קַוֵּ֥ה
qvh
verb · 48×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Matt 27:34 · exact_quote"They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink."Psalm 69: they gave me vinegar to drink — at the crucifixion
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 19.—Of the 69th Psalm, in Which the Obstinate Unbelief of the Jews is Declared. But when the Jews will not in the least yield to the testimonies of this prophecy, which are so manifest, and are also brought by events to so clear and certain a completion, certainly that is fulfilled in them which is written in that psalm which here follows. For when the things which pert…
Cross-references
- Jer 8:14 — Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, becau
- Jer 8:14 — Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, becau
- Jer 9:15 — Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
- Jer 23:15 — Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone fo
- John 19:28 — After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
- John 19:28 — After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
- Luke 23:36 — And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
- Luke 23:36 — And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
- Mark 15:23 — And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
- Mark 15:36 — And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
- Mark 15:36 — And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
- Matt 27:34 — They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
- Matt 27:34 — They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
- Matt 27:48 — And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
- Matt 27:48 — And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
- Ps 22:15 — 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.