Psalms 22:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!”
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“Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Save me from the lion’s mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Save me from the mouth of a lion: --And--from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 22:21 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 23:22God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
- Deuteronomy 33:17His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
- Job 39:9Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
- Psalms 35:17How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
- 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.
- Luke 22:53Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
- John 8:59At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
- John 14:30I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
- 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.
- Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
- 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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