KJV King James Version
They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
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Psalm 22:13
They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
WEB World English Bible
They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
ASV American Standard Version
They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a roaring lion.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.
Surrounding context — Psalm 22
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God from my mother’s belly.
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.
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1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:Psalm 35:21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].Lamentations 3:46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.Psalm 17:12Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.Job 16:10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.Lamentations 2:16All 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].Matthew 26:3-4Then 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,Matthew 26:59-65Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;Psalm 7:2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending [it] in pieces, while [there is] none to deliver.Psalm 22:7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],Ezekiel 22:27-28Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.Psalm 35:17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.Psalm 22:21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
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