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Young's Literal Translation
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;
Herds of bulls come at me, the raging bulls stampede, Horns lowered, nostrils flaring, like a herd of buffalo on the move.
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
And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;
And He saith, `Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'
And Abraham taketh the wood of the burnt-offering, and placeth on Isaac his son, and he taketh in his hand the fire, and the knife; and they go on both of them together.
and Abraham saith, `God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son;' and they go on both of them together.
And they come in unto the place of which God hath spoken to him, and there Abraham buildeth the altar, and arrangeth the wood, and bindeth Isaac his son, and placeth him upon the altar above the wood;
and Abraham putteth forth his hand, and taketh the knife -- to slaughter his son.
and He saith, `Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'
And Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goeth, and taketh the ram, and causeth it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son;
Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother; and Kemuel father of Aram,
and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel;
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.
