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Psalms 22:16

Psalms 22:16 is verse 16 of Psalms chapter 22, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

DSS, LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac; most MT like a lion at my hands and feet

BSB source and public domain terms

King James Version

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

World English Bible

For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

So Dead Sea Scrolls. Masoretic Text reads, “Like a lion, they pin my hands and feet.”

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Psalms 22:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

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

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

16 For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

17 I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.

18 They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 22:1

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

Psalms 22:20

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

Psalms 59:6

They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

Psalms 59:14

They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

Matthew 7:6

Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

Philippians 3:2

Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!

Revelation 22:15

But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Luke 11:53

As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

Luke 11:54

waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

Psalms 86:14

The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, with no regard for You.

Jeremiah 12:6

Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

Matthew 26:57

Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.

Mark 15:16

Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together.

Mark 15:17

They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head.

Mark 15:18

And they began to salute Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Mark 15:19

They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.

Mark 15:20

After they had mocked Him, they removed the purple robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him.

Luke 22:63

The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.

Luke 22:64

They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”

Luke 22:65

And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.

Luke 22:66

At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,

Luke 22:67

“If You are the Christ, tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe.

Luke 22:68

And if I ask you a question, you will not answer.

Luke 22:69

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

Luke 22:70

So they all asked, “Are You then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.”

Luke 22:71

“Why do we need any more testimony?” they declared. “We have heard it for ourselves from His own lips.”

Luke 23:4

Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”

Luke 23:5

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”

Luke 23:10

Meanwhile, the chief priests and scribes stood there, vehemently accusing Him.

Luke 23:11

And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.

Luke 23:23

But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.

Zechariah 12:10

Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

Matthew 27:35

When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.

Mark 15:24

And they crucified Him. They also divided His garments by casting lots to decide what each of them would take.

Luke 23:33

When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.

John 19:23

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

John 19:37

And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”

John 20:25

So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

John 20:27

Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”

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