Parallel Verses
Amplified
They open wide their mouths against me,
Like a ravening and a roaring lion.
New American Standard Bible
As a ravening and a roaring
King James Version
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Holman Bible
lions, mauling and roaring.
International Standard Version
Their mouths are opened wide toward me, like roaring and attacking lions.
A Conservative Version
They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
American Standard Version
They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a roaring lion.
Bible in Basic English
I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.
Darby Translation
They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Julia Smith Translation
They opened their mouth upon me, a lion rending and roaring.
King James 2000
They gaped on me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They open their mouth against me [like] a lion tearing and roaring.
Modern King James verseion
They opened wide their mouths on Me, like a ripping and a roaring lion.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They gape upon me with their mouths, as it were a rampaging and a roaring lion.
NET Bible
They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
New Heart English Bible
They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
The Emphasized Bible
They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 22:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
From Suffering To Praise
12
Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
They open wide their mouths against me,
Like a ravening and a roaring lion.
I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax;
It is melted [by anguish] within me.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 35:21
They open their mouths wide against me;
They say, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”
Job 16:10
“They have gaped at me with their mouths,
With contempt they have struck me on the cheek;
They massed themselves together [and conspired] against me.
Psalm 17:12
He is like a lion eager to tear [his prey],
And like a young lion lurking in hiding places.
Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies
Have opened their mouths wide against you;
They [scornfully] hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have swallowed her up!
Certainly this is the day for which we waited;
We have reached it, we have seen it!”
Lamentations 3:46
All our enemies have gaped at us.
Psalm 7:2
So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,
Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].
Psalm 22:7
All who see me laugh at me and mock me;
They [insultingly] open their lips, they shake their head, saying,
Psalm 22:21
Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.
Psalm 35:17
Lord, how long will You look on [without action]?
Rescue my life from their destructions,
My only life from the young lions.
Ezekiel 22:27-28
Her princes within her are like wolves tearing and devouring the prey, shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.
Matthew 26:3-4
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the [elegant home of the Jewish] high priest, whose name was
Matthew 26:59-65
Now the chief priests and the whole Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) tried to get false witnesses to testify against Jesus, so that they might [have a reason to] put Him to death.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober [well balanced and self-disciplined], be alert and cautious at all times. That enemy of yours, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion [fiercely hungry], seeking someone to devour.