Psalms 22:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.”
Psalms 22:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Psalms 22:16 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Psalms 22:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Psalms 22:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.”
Psalms 22:16 — World English Bible
Psalms 22:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.”
Psalms 22:16 — American Standard Version
Psalms 22:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.”
Psalms 22:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Psalms 22:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.”
Psalms 22:16 — Darby Translation
Psalms 22:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete.”
Psalms 22:16 — Geneva Bible
Psalms 22:16 in Context — Psalms 22
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.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
What Does Psalms 22:16 Mean?
Psalms 22:16 is a verse from the Book of Psalms, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Psalms chapter 22. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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