KJV King James Version
But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
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Psalm 22:6
But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
WEB World English Bible
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
ASV American Standard Version
But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I am a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.
Surrounding context — Psalm 22
3 But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
6 But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
8 He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
9 But thou [art] he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother’s breasts.
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Isaiah 53:3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.Job 25:6How much less man, [that is] a worm? and the son of man, [which is] a worm?Isaiah 49:7Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, [and] the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.Psalm 69:7-12Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.Psalm 69:19-20Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries [are] all before thee.Psalm 31:11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.Matthew 27:20-23But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.Matthew 11:19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.Lamentations 3:30He giveth [his] cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.Revelation 15:3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints.Hebrews 13:12Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.Psalm 88:8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard [it], they said, This [fellow] doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.John 7:15And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?John 8:48Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?John 7:47-49Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?Psalm 31:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
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