Psalm 22:16 “For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierc…”

Psalm 22:16

For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

World English Bible

For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

American Standard Version

For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

Geneva Bible 1599

For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete.

Darby Translation

For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

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Cross references

“dogs”

Psalm 22:20 Philippians 3:2 Psalm 22:1 Psalm 59:6 Revelation 22:15 Matthew 7:6

Psalm 22:20 · BSB

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

Philippians 3:2 · BSB

Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!

Psalm 22:1 · BSB

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

Psalm 59:6 · BSB

They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

Revelation 22:15 · BSB

But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Matthew 7:6 · BSB

Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

“compassed”

Luke 11:53 Luke 11:54

Luke 11:53 · BSB

As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

Luke 11:54 · BSB

waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

“assembly”

Mark 15:16–20 Psalm 86:14 Luke 23:23 Matthew 26:57 Luke 22:63–71 Jeremiah 12:6

Mark 15:16–20 · BSB

Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together.

Psalm 86:14 · BSB

The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life; they have no regard for You.

Luke 23:23 · BSB

But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.

Matthew 26:57 · BSB

Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.

Luke 22:63–71 · BSB

The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.

Jeremiah 12:6 · BSB

Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

“they pierced”

John 19:37 Zechariah 12:10 Matthew 27:35 John 20:25 John 19:23 Mark 15:24

John 19:37 · BSB

And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”

Zechariah 12:10 · BSB

Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and gr…

Matthew 27:35 · BSB

When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.

John 20:25 · BSB

So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

John 19:23 · BSB

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

Mark 15:24 · BSB

And they crucified Him. They also divided His garments by casting lots to decide what each of them would take.

Also

John 19:34 Isaiah 53:5

John 19:34 · BSB

Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

Isaiah 53:5 · BSB

But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

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

In context

15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

17I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.

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