KJV King James Version
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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Psalm 69:21
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
WEB World English Bible
They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
ASV American Standard Version
They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.
Surrounding context — Psalm 69
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries [are] all before thee.
20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
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Matthew 27:34They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted [thereof], he would not drink.Luke 23:36And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,Mark 15:23And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received [it] not.Matthew 27:48And 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.Mark 15:36And 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.John 19:28-30After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.Jeremiah 9:15Therefore 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.Jeremiah 8:14Why 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, because we have sinned against the LORD.Deuteronomy 29:18Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go [and] serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;Jeremiah 23:15Therefore 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 forth into all the land.
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