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Psalm 22:13

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22:13They26 open their mouths to devour me27

like a roaring lion that rips its prey.28

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Footnotes

  1. 26 “They” refers to the psalmist’s enemies, who in the previous verse are described as “powerful bulls.”
  2. 27 Heb “they open against me their mouth[s].” To “open the mouth against” is a Hebrew idiom associated with eating and swallowing (see Ezek 2:8; Lam 2:16).
  3. 28 Heb “a lion ripping and roaring.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

they open wide their mouths at me,

like a ravening and roaring lion.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Roaring lions that tear their prey

open their mouths wide against me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They open their mouths against me—

lions, mauling and roaring.

NLTNew Living Translation

Like lions they open their jaws against me,

roaring and tearing into their prey.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They open their mouth against me

like a lion tearing and roaring.

KJV 1900King James Version

They gaped upon me with their mouths,

As a ravening and a roaring lion.