Berean Standard Bible
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16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
The Pioneer Translation RenderingRendered from the original Hebrew
Psalm 22:16
My God Why Have You Forsaken Me
For dogs have surrounded me; a company of evildoers has encircled me — like a lion, my hands and my feet.
The final phrase כָּאֲרִי יָדַי וְרַגְלָי ("like a lion, my hands and my feet") is preserved as it stands in the Masoretic Text. The verb is absent — the text reads literally "like a lion my hands and my feet," which is grammatically difficult and has generated much debate. Many traditions emend the text to read "they pierced," but no such verb exists in the received Hebrew. The PT translates the source text honestly without harmonising toward the emended reading.
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King James Version
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16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
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16My enemies [MET]MetaphorT4T flags this as figurative language — the meaning is not literal. The translator should find a natural equivalent metaphor in their target language. surround me like a pack/group of wild dogs. A group of evil men has encircled me, ready to attack me. They have already smashed my hands and my feet.
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King James Version
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For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
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King James Version
Translation for Translators
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For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
My enemies [MET]MetaphorT4T flags this as figurative language — the meaning is not literal. The translator should find a natural equivalent metaphor in their target language. surround me like a pack/group of wild dogs. A group of evil men has encircled me, ready to attack me. They have already smashed my hands and my feet.
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כִּ֥י and כִּי kîy a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widel סְבָב֗וּנִי bring סָבַב çâbab a primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, כְּלָ֫בִ֥ים dog כֶּלֶב keleb from an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute dog. עֲדַ֣ת people עֵדָה ʻêdâh feminine of H5707 (עֵד) in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd) assembly, company, co מְ֭רֵעִים afflict רָעַע râʻaʻ a primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morall הִקִּיפ֑וּנִי compass נָקַף nâqaph a primitive root; to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate compass ( כָּ֝אֲרִ֗י dig כָּרָה kârâh a primitive root; properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open dig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open. יָדַ֥י able יָד yâd a primitive word; in distinction from H3709 (כַּף), the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figurat וְרַגְלָֽי foot רֶגֶל regel from H7270 (רָגַל); a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda [idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] ׃
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
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