Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For dogs have encompassed me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. {They pierced (LXX/DSS)} my hands and my feet.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Holman Bible
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced
International Standard Version
For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of those who practice of evil has encircled me. They gouged my hands and my feet.
American Standard Version
For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
Amplified
For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced 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.
Darby Translation
For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Julia Smith Translation
For dogs surrounded me: the assembly of those being evil moved round about me: they digged my hands and my feet
King James 2000
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion [they are at] my hands and my feet.
Modern King James verseion
and You have brought Me into the dust of death. For dogs have circled around Me; the band of spoilers have hemmed Me in, piercers of My hands and My feet.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For many dogs are come about me, the counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me.
NET Bible
Yes, wild dogs surround me -- a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
New Heart English Bible
For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
The Emphasized Bible
For dogs have surrounded me, - An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,
Webster
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.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Dogs » Illustrative » Of persecutors
Dogs » Described as » Dangerous and destructive
the Human nature of Christ » Is proved by his » Being nailed to the cross
Prophecies respecting Christ » His hands and feet being nailed to the cross
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 22:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
From Suffering To Praise
15 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. 16 For dogs have encompassed me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. {They pierced (LXX/DSS)} my hands and my feet. 17 I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 27:35
And when they crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots.
John 19:23
The soldiers therefore when they crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. But the tunic was a seamless weave, from the top throughout.
John 19:37
And again another scripture says, They will look toward whom they pierced.
Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication. And they shall look to me whom they have pierced. And they shall mourn for him, as [a man] mourns for his only
Mark 15:24
And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots for them, who would take what.
Luke 23:33
And when they came to the place called Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one at the right hand and the other at the left.
Psalm 59:6
They return at evening. They howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
John 20:25
The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Unless I may see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will, no, no
Psalm 22:1
My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, [and] the words of my groaning?
Psalm 22:20
Deliver my soul from the sword, the only one of me from the power of the dog.
Mark 15:16-20
And the soldiers led him away inside the courtyard, which is the Praetorium, and they call together the whole band.
Luke 22:63-71
And the men who held Jesus mocked him, while striking him.
Luke 23:4-5
And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, I find nothing guilty in this man.
Luke 23:10-11
And the chief priests and the scholars had stood, vehemently accusing him.
Luke 23:23
But they were relentless with loud voices demanding him to be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed.
John 19:34
But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and straightaway blood and water came out.
Philippians 3:2
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workmen, beware of the excision.
Revelation 22:15
Outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every man who loves and makes a lie.
Psalm 59:14
And at evening let them return, let them howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
Psalm 86:14
O God, the proud have risen up against me, and a company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.
Isaiah 53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed.
Jeremiah 12:6
For even thy brothers, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak fair words to thee.
Matthew 7:6
Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them by their feet, and having turn back may lacerate you.
Matthew 26:57
And those who seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest where the scholars and the elders were assembled together.
Luke 11:53-54
And after he said these things to them, the scholars and the Pharisees began to harass him extremely, and to provoke him to speak impulsively about more things,
John 20:27
Then he says to Thomas, Bring thy finger here, and see my hands, and bring thy hand, and put into my side, and do not become faithless, but believing.