Psalms 44:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
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“Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 44:22 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:15But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
- Joshua 22:22“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
- 1 Samuel 22:17Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 19:10“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
- Psalms 44:11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
- Psalms 79:2They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
- Psalms 94:11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
- Psalms 139:2You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
- Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- John 15:21But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
- John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
- Romans 8:36As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
- 1 Corinthians 4:9For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
- 1 Corinthians 15:30And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
- Revelation 11:3And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
- Revelation 17:6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).