Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

They open wide their mouth at me,
As a ravening and a roaring lion.

King James Version

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

Holman Bible

They open their mouths against me—
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.

Amplified


They open wide their mouths against me,
Like 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.

References

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Context Readings

From Suffering To Praise

12 Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me; 13 They open wide their mouth at me,
As a ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;

Cross References

Psalm 35:21

They open wide their mouths against me; they say, "Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!"

Job 16:10

Men have gaped at me with their mouth; they have struck me insolently on the cheek; they mass themselves together against me.

Psalm 17:12

He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies rail against you; they hiss, they gnash their teeth, they cry: "We have swallowed her! Ah, this is the day we longed for; now we have it; we see it!"

Lamentations 3:46

"All our enemies open their mouths against us;

Psalm 7:2

lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.

Psalm 22:7

All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;

Psalm 22:21

Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!

Psalm 35:17

How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from the lions!

Ezekiel 22:27-28

Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

Matthew 26:59-65

Now the chief priests and the whole Councilwere seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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