Psalms 22:14

Psalms 22:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
• New King James Version (NKJV)I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me.

Context of Psalms 22:14

12Many bulls surround me; powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in. 13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey. My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me. 15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death. 16Yes, wild dogs surround me – a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

Psalms 22:14 word by word

כַּמַּ֥יִם נִשְׁפַּכְתִּי֮ וְהִתְפָּֽרְד֗וּ כָּֽל־עַצְמ֫וֹתָ֥י הָיָ֣ה לִ֭בִּי כַּדּוֹנָ֑ג נָ֝מֵ֗ס בְּת֣וֹךְ מֵעָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I am poured outשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• like waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• and all my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• are out of jointפָּרַדpârad · to separateH6504
• my heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• is like waxדּוֹנַגdônag · waxH1749
• it is meltedמָסַסmâsas · to meltH4549
• in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of my bowelsמֵעֶהmê‛eh · bellyH4578

Cross-references for Psalms 22:14

• Joshua 7:5The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people’s courage melted away like water.
• Matthew 26:38Then he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”
• Luke 22:44And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]
• John 12:27“Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.
• Psalms 22:17I can count all my bones; my enemies are gloating over me in triumph.
• Daniel 5:6Then all the color drained from the king’s face and he became alarmed. The joints of his hips gave way, and his knees began knocking together.
• Psalms 68:2As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.
• Job 23:16Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
• Mark 14:33He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.

Commentaries on Psalms 22:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I am poured out like water - That is, as the old Psalter: Thai rought na mare to sla me than to spil water. The images in this verse are strongly descriptivr of a person in the deepest distress; whose strength, courage, hope, and expectation of succor and relief, had entirely failed. Our Lord's sufferings were extreme; but I cannot think there is any sound theologic sense in which these things can be spoken of Christ, either in his agony in the garden, or…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14I am poured out like water - The sufferer now turns from his enemies, and describes the effect of all these outward persecutions and trials on himself. The meaning in this expression is, that all his strength was gone. It is remarkable that we have a similar expression, which is not easily accounted for, when we say of ourselves that “we are as weak as water.” An expression similar to this occurs in Joshua 7:5: “The hearts of the people melted, and became…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 In these verses we have Christ suffering, and Christ praying; by which we are directed to look for crosses, and to look up to God under them. The very manner of Christ's death is described, though not in use among the Jews. They pierced his hands and his feet, which were nailed to the accursed tree, and his whole body was left so to hang as to suffer the most severe pain and torture. His natural force failed, being wasted by the fire of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The psalmist feels like he is poured out like water. This describes a temporary and empty life that leaves him drained.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. Utter exhaustion and hopeless weakness, in these circumstances of pressing danger, are set forth by the most expressive figures; the solidity of the body is destroyed, and it becomes like water; the bones are parted; the heart, the very seat of vitality, melts like wax; all the juices of the system are dried up; the tongue can no longer perform its office, but lies parched and stiffened (compare Ge 49:4; 2Sa 14:14; Psa 58:8). In this, God is…Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 22:14

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Bowels
• Heart
• Persecution
• Wax

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Commentaries on Psalms 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings