Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink.
New American Standard Bible
And for my thirst they
King James Version
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Holman Bible
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.
Themes
Pitiless » Pitilessness condemned
Prophecies respecting Christ » Gall and vinegar being given him to drink
Topics
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 69:21
Verse Info
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.