Psalms 22:14

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.”

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BSBPD

“I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 22:14 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 7:5And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
  2. Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
  3. Job 23:16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
  4. Job 30:16And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.
  5. Psalms 22:17I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
  6. Psalms 31:10For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
  7. Psalms 35:21They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
  8. Psalms 68:2As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
  9. Lamentations 3:46All our enemies open their mouths against us.
  10. Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
  11. Nahum 2:10She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
  12. Matthew 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
  13. Mark 14:33He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
  14. Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
  15. John 12:27Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

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