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OET-LV [fn] it_has_dried_up like_a_potsherd strength_my and_tongue_my[fn] [has_been]_made_to_cling_to jaws_my and_in_dust of_death lay_me.
22:16 Note: KJB: Ps.22.15
22:16 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
UHB 16 יָ֘בֵ֤שׁ כַּחֶ֨רֶשׂ ׀ כֹּחִ֗י וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִי מֻדְבָּ֣ק מַלְקוֹחָ֑י וְֽלַעֲפַר־מָ֥וֶת תִּשְׁפְּתֵֽנִי׃ ‡
(16 yāⱱēsh ⱪaḩeres ⱪoḩiy ūləshōniy mudbāq malqōḩāy vəlaˊₐfar-māvet tishpətēnī.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT My strength has dried up like a piece of pottery;
⇔ my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
⇔ You have laid me in the dust of death.
UST My strength is all dried up
⇔ like a broken piece of a clay jar that has dried in the sun.
⇔ I am so thirsty that my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
⇔ God, I think that you are about to let my body die and become dust!
BSB My strength [fn] is dried up like a potsherd,
⇔ and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
⇔ You lay me in the dust of death.
22:15 MT; or My mouth, a possible reading of the original Hebrew text
OEB ⇔ My palate is dry as a sherd,
⇔ my tongue sticks to my jaws;
⇔ in the dust of death you lay me.
WEB My strength is dried up like a potsherd.
⇔ My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
⇔ You have brought me into the dust of death.
NET The 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.
LSV My power is dried up as an earthen vessel,
And My tongue is cleaving to My jaws.
FBV My strength has dried up like a piece of broken pottery. My tongue is stuck to the roof of my mouth. You're burying me as if I'm already dead.[fn]
22:15 Literally, “you lay me down in the dust of death.”
T4T My strength is all dried up [MET]
⇔ like a broken piece of a clay jar that has dried in the sun.
⇔ I am so thirsty that my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
⇔ O God, I think that you are about to let me die and become dirt!
LEB • and my tongue is sticking to my jaws; • and you have placed me in the dust of death.
BBE My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.
MOF my throat is as dry as a potsherd,
⇔ my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
⇔ my hands and feet are all disfigured,
JPS (22-16) My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my throat; and Thou layest me in the dust of death.
ASV My strength is dried up like a potsherd;
⇔ And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;
⇔ And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
DRA No DRA PSA 22:15 verse available
YLT Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.
DBY My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.
RV My Strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
WBS My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
KJB My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
(My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou/you hast brought me into the dust of death. )
BB My strength is dried vp like a potsheard, & my tongue cleaueth to my gummes: and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
(My strength is dried up like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my gummes: and thou/you hast brought me into the dust of death.)
GNV My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
(My strength is dried up like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou/you hast brought me into the dust of death. )
CB My strength is dried vp like a potsherde, my tunge cleueth to my goomes, and thou hast brought me in to the dust of death.
(My strength is dried up like a potsherde, my tunge cleueth to my goomes, and thou/you hast brought me in to the dust of death.)
WYC No WYC PSA 22:15 verse available
LUT Ich bin ausgeschüttet wie Wasser; alle meine Gebeine haben sich zertrennet; mein Herz ist in meinem Leibe wie zerschmolzen Wachs.
(I bin ausgeschüttet like water; all my Gebeine have itself/yourself/themselves zertrennet; my Herz is in my Leibe like zerschmolzen Wachs.)
CLV No CLV PSA 22:15 verse available
BRN No BRN PSA 22:15 verse available
BrLXX No BrLXX PSA 22:15 verse available
22:15 Facing adversity is as horrible as dying of thirst (see 137:6).
• Jesus may have had this verse in mind when he said, “I am thirsty” (John 19:28).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
My strength has dried up like a piece of pottery
(Some words not found in UHB: like_the,water poured_out and,out_of_joint all/each/any/every bones,my it_became heart,my like_the,wax melted in_the=middle breast,my )
The writer speaks about feeling weak as if his strength were like a dry piece of pottery that can easily break.
piece of pottery
(Some words not found in UHB: like_the,water poured_out and,out_of_joint all/each/any/every bones,my it_became heart,my like_the,wax melted in_the=middle breast,my )
an object made of baked clay that can be used in the house
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth
(Some words not found in UHB: like_the,water poured_out and,out_of_joint all/each/any/every bones,my it_became heart,my like_the,wax melted in_the=middle breast,my )
“my tongue sticks to the top of my mouth.” The writer may be describing his extreme thirst. Or he may be continuing to speak about being weak as if he were completely dry.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
You have laid me in the dust of death
(Some words not found in UHB: like_the,water poured_out and,out_of_joint all/each/any/every bones,my it_became heart,my like_the,wax melted in_the=middle breast,my )
Possible meanings for dust of death are: (1) it refers to a person turning to dust after they die. Alternate translation: “You are about to let me die and become dust” or (2) it is a way of speaking about the grave, which would mean God is causing the writer to die. Alternate translation: “You have laid me in my grave”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / you
You have laid me
(Some words not found in UHB: like_the,water poured_out and,out_of_joint all/each/any/every bones,my it_became heart,my like_the,wax melted in_the=middle breast,my )
The “you” is singular and refers to God.