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Bible in Basic English

They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink.

New American Standard Bible

They also gave me gall for my food
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

King James Version

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Holman Bible

Instead, they gave me gall for my food,
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.

International Standard Version

They put poison in my food, in my thirst they forced me to drink vinegar.

A Conservative Version

They also gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

American Standard Version

They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Amplified


They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food,
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Darby Translation

Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will give my food poison, and for my thirst they will give me vinegar to drink.

King James 2000

They gave me also gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They also gave me gall for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Modern King James verseion

They also gave Me gall for my food; and in My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They gave me gall to eat, and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.

NET Bible

They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.

New Heart English Bible

They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

The Emphasized Bible

But they put in my food - poison! And, for my thirst, they gave for my drink - vinegar!

Webster

They gave me also gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

World English Bible

They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

Youngs Literal Translation

And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

20 My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter. 21 They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink. 22 Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.


Cross References

Matthew 27:34

They gave him wine mixed with bitter drink: and after tasting it, he took no more.

Mark 15:23

And they gave him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it.

Matthew 27:48

And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a sponge, and made it full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod and gave him drink.

Luke 23:36

And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine

Mark 15:36

And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.

Deuteronomy 29:18

So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;

Jeremiah 8:14

Why are we seated doing nothing? come together, and let us go to the walled towns, and let destruction overtake us there, for the Lord our God has sent destruction on us, and given us bitter water for our drink, because we have done evil against the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:15

So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, I will give them, even this people, bitter plants for food and bitter water for drink.

Jeremiah 23:15

So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the prophets: See, I will give them a bitter plant for their food, and bitter water for their drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem unclean behaviour has gone out into all the land.

John 19:28-30

After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.

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