Psalms 22:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.”
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BSBPD
“Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 22:12 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:14with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
- Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
- Psalms 35:22O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
- Psalms 38:22Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
- Psalms 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalms 68:30Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
- Psalms 69:18Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
- Psalms 70:2May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Isaiah 34:7And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
- Jeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
- Ezekiel 39:18You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.
- Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
- Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
- Acts 4:27In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
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