Psalm 69:21 “They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirs…”

Psalm 69:21

They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

World English Bible

They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

American Standard Version

They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Geneva Bible 1599

For they gaue me gall in my meate, and in my thirst they gaue me vineger to drinke.

Darby Translation

Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Young's Literal Translation

And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.

Bible in Basic English

They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink.

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Cross references

“gall for my meat”

Matthew 27:34 Matthew 27:48 Jeremiah 9:15 Jeremiah 8:14 Jeremiah 23:15

Matthew 27:34 · BSB

they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.

Matthew 27:48 · BSB

One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.

Jeremiah 9:15 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.

Jeremiah 8:14 · BSB

Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:15 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

“vinegar”

Luke 23:36 Mark 15:23 Mark 15:36 John 19:29 John 19:30

Luke 23:36 · BSB

The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.

Mark 15:23 · BSB

There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.

Mark 15:36 · BSB

And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”

John 19:29 · BSB

A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.

John 19:30 · BSB

When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.

Also

John 19:28–30 Deuteronomy 29:18

John 19:28–30 · BSB

After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

Deuteronomy 29:18 · BSB

Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous a…

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

In context

20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

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