Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

They opened wide their mouths on Me, like a ripping and a roaring lion.

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 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 have circled around Me; strong bulls Of Bashan have surrounded Me. 13 They opened wide their mouths on Me, like a ripping and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all My bones are spread apart; My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of My bowels.


Cross References

Psalm 35:21

And they widen their mouths against me; they say, Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen.

Job 16:10

They have gaped on me with their mouth; and have scornfully beaten me on the cheek; they gather themselves against me.

Psalm 17:12

their likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; they hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen.

Lamentations 3:46

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Psalm 7:2

lest he tear my soul like a lion, tearing it in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

Psalm 22:7

All who see Me mock me; they shoot out the lip; they shake the head, saying,

Psalm 22:21

Save Me from the lion's mouth; from the wild oxen's horns. You have answered Me.

Psalm 35:17

O Jehovah, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my only one from the lions.

Ezekiel 22:27-28

Her rulers in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, to get unjust gain.

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

Matthew 26:59-65

And the chief priests and the elders and all the sanhedrin sought false witness against Jesus, in order to put Him to death.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sensible and vigilant, because your adversary the Devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone he may devour;

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