Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.
New American Standard Bible
And
And You
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You put me into the dust of death.
International Standard Version
My strength is dried up like broken pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you have brought me down to the dust of death.
A Conservative Version
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws, and thou have brought me into the dust of death.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have laid me in the dust of death.
Bible in Basic English
My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.
Darby Translation
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.
Julia Smith Translation
My strength was dried up as the potsherd, and my tongue cleaving to my jaws; and thou wilt set me for the dust of death.
King James 2000
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue clings to my jaws; and you have brought me to the dust of death.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My strength is dry like a potsherd, and my tongue is sticking [to] my jaws; and you have placed me in [the] dust of death.
Modern King James verseion
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and My tongue clings to My jaws;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums, and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death.
New Heart English Bible
My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.
The Emphasized Bible
Dried as a potsherd, is my strength, And, my tongue, is made to cleave to my gums, And, in the dust of death, wilt thou lay me.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.
Youngs Literal Translation
Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.
Themes
typical nature of Paschal lamb » With fire » Roasted
Prophecies respecting Christ » The intensity of his sufferings
Topics
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 22:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
From Suffering To Praise
14 My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me. 15 The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death. 16 Yes, wild dogs surround me -- a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
Cross References
John 19:28
After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), "I am thirsty!"
Psalm 104:29
When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life's breath, they die and return to dust.
Job 29:10
the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
Psalm 69:21
They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
Proverbs 17:22
A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Isaiah 53:12
So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels."
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."
Genesis 18:27
Then Abraham asked, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),
Job 7:21
And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone."
Job 10:9
Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust?
Job 34:15
all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.
Psalm 30:9
"What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?
Psalm 32:3-4
When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
Psalm 38:10
My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.
Psalm 69:3
I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
Lamentations 4:4
(Dalet) The infant's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake -- some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
Matthew 27:50
Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:3
For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received -- that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,