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THE MESSAGE
Psalms 22:12
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Many bulls surround me;strong ones of Bashan encircle me.
Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
People have surrounded me like angry bulls. Like the strong bulls of Bashan, they are on every side.
Many bulls surround me; powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in.
Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Many bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Many yong bulles haue compassed me: mightie bulles of Bashan haue closed me about.
Many bulls have surrounded me;Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
Enemies are all around like a herd of wild bulls. Powerful bulls from Bashan are everywhere.
Don't stay far from me, for trouble is near; and there is no one to help.
Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.
My enemies surround me like angry bulls. They are like the powerful bulls of Bashan, and they are all around me.
Many bulls have surrounded me: strong bulls of Bashan have besieged me.
Many enemies surround me like bulls; they are all around me, like fierce bulls from the land of Bashan.
Many bulls have encircled me; mighty bulls of Bashan have surrounded me.
Many bulls have circled around Me; strong bulls of Bashan have surrounded Me.
Greate bulles are come aboute me, fatt oxen close me in on euery syde.
Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Many bulles haue compassed me: strong bulles of Bashan haue beset me round.
Many oxen are come about me: fat [bulles] of Bashan close me in on euery syde.
Many bullocks have compassed me: fat bulls have beset me round.
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Many calues cumpassiden me; fatte bolis bisegiden me.
Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.
Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me.
My enemies surround me like a herd of bulls; fierce bulls of Bashan have hemmed me in!
Many bulls have gathered all around me. Strong bulls of Bashan stand around me.
Many bulls encircle me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me;
(21-13) Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.
Many bulls encompass me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me,
Many bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Many: Psalms 68:30, Jeremiah 50:11
strong: Deuteronomy 32:14, Deuteronomy 32:15, Isaiah 34:7, Ezekiel 39:18, Amos 4:1-3, Matthew 27:1, Acts 4:27
Reciprocal: Numbers 21:33 - Bashan 1 Samuel 23:26 - away 1 Kings 4:13 - Argob 1 Chronicles 5:11 - Gad Psalms 18:4 - floods Psalms 109:3 - compassed Psalms 118:11 - General Psalms 119:157 - Many Psalms 124:2 - when men Isaiah 53:8 - General Jeremiah 50:27 - bullocks Ezekiel 34:20 - Behold Matthew 27:41 - General Mark 12:7 - This Mark 15:29 - they Luke 10:3 - I send Luke 11:53 - to urge Luke 22:44 - being Luke 23:5 - they Luke 23:23 - General Luke 23:35 - the people John 18:3 - a band
Cross-References
Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, ‘Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'"
He said, "Take your dear son Isaac whom you love and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I'll point out to you."
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and gave it to Isaac his son to carry. He carried the flint and the knife. The two of them went off together.
Abraham said, "Son, God will see to it that there's a sheep for the burnt offering." And they kept on walking together.
They arrived at the place to which God had directed him. Abraham built an altar. He laid out the wood. Then he tied up Isaac and laid him on the wood. Abraham reached out and took the knife to kill his son.
"Don't lay a hand on that boy! Don't touch him! Now I know how fearlessly you fear God; you didn't hesitate to place your son, your dear son, on the altar for me."
Abraham looked up. He saw a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. Abraham took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
His concubine, Reumah, gave him four more children: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
On the third day, Joseph spoke to them. "Do this and you'll live. I'm a God-fearing man. If you're as honest as you say you are, one of your brothers will stay here in jail while the rest of you take the food back to your hungry families. But you have to bring your youngest brother back to me, confirming the truth of your speech—and not one of you will die." They agreed.
Moses spoke to the people: "Don't be afraid. God has come to test you and instill a deep and reverent awe within you so that you won't sin."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Many bulls have compassed me,.... By whom are meant the chief priests, elders, Scribes, and Pharisees, among the Jews, and Herod and Pontius Pilate among the Gentiles, comparable to bulls for their fierceness, rage, and fury against Christ, Psalms 2:1; and for their pushing at him with their horns of power and authority, and for their trampling him under their feet, his person and offices; these compassed him about at his apprehension, arraignment, trial, and condemnation; and there were many of them to one child, Jesus:
strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round; Bashan was a very fruitful country, in which cattle of various sorts, and bulls among the rest, were fed and fattened; see Deuteronomy 32:14; bulls are noted for their strength in other writers a. Hence great men, who abounded in riches and power, and used them to the oppression of the poor, are compared to the kine of Bashan, Amos 4:1; and a very fit name this was for the kings and princes of the earth; for Caiaphas, Annas, and the chief priests, that lived upon the fat of the land, who beset Christ around, and employed all their power and policy to take him and bring him to death; nor is it unusual with Heathen writers b to compare great personages to bulls.
a "Fortes tauri", Virgil. Georgic. l. 1. v. 65. Ovid. Metamorph. l. 9. Fab. 1. b Homer. Iliad. 2. v. 48. Horat. Satyr. l. 1. Satyr. 3. v. 110.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Many bulls have compassed me - Men with the fierceness and fury of bulls. Compare Isaiah 51:20; Psalms 68:30.
Strong bulls of Bashan - The country of Bashan embraced the territory which was on the east of the Jordan, north of Gilead, which was given to the half tribe of Manasseh: compare Genesis 14:5 with Joshua 12:4-6. It was distinguished as pasture land for its richness. Its trees and its breed of cattle are frequently referred to in the Scriptures. Thus in Deuteronomy 32:14, “rams of the breed of Bashan” are mentioned; in Isaiah 2:13, Zechariah 11:2, “oaks of Bashan” are mentioned in connection with the cedars of Lebanon; in Amos 4:1, “the kine of Bashan” are mentioned. The bulls of Bashan are here alluded to as remarkable for their size, their strength, and their fierceness; and are designed to represent men that were fierce, savage, and violent. As applied to the Redeemer, the allusion is to the fierce and cruel men that persecuted him and sought his life. No one can doubt that the allusion is applicable to his persecutors and murderers; and no one can show that the thought indicated by this phrase also may not have passed through the mind of the Redeemer when on the cross.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 22:12. Many bulls have compassed me — The bull is the emblem of brutal strength, that gores and tramples down all before it. Such was Absalom, Ahithophel, and others, who rose up in rebellion against David; and such were the Jewish rulers who conspired against Christ.
Strong bulls of Bashan — Bashan was a district beyond Jordan, very fertile, where they were accustomed to fatten cattle, which became, in consequence of the excellent pasture, the largest, as well as the fattest, in the country. See Calmet. All in whose hands were the chief power and influence became David's enemies; for Absalom had stolen away the hearts of all Israel. Against Christ, the chiefs both of Jews and Gentiles were united.
