Psalm 22:13 “They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.”

Psalm 22:13

They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

World English Bible

They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

American Standard Version

They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a roaring lion.

Geneva Bible 1599

They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.

Darby Translation

They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

Young's Literal Translation

They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.

Bible in Basic English

I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

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Cross references

“gaped, etc”

Psalm 35:21 Job 16:10 Lamentations 2:16 Lamentations 3:46 Matthew 26:59–65 Psalm 22:7

Psalm 35:21 · BSB

They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”

Job 16:10 · BSB

They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

Lamentations 2:16 · BSB

All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

Lamentations 3:46 · BSB

All our enemies open their mouths against us.

Matthew 26:59–65 · BSB

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

Psalm 22:7 · BSB

All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

“as a”

1 Peter 5:8 Psalm 17:12 Psalm 22:21 Psalm 7:2 Psalm 35:17 Ezekiel 22:27

1 Peter 5:8 · BSB

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Psalm 17:12 · BSB

like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

Psalm 22:21 · BSB

Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

Psalm 7:2 · BSB

or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

Psalm 35:17 · BSB

How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

Ezekiel 22:27 · BSB

Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

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