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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי סבבוני כלבים עדת מרעים הקיפוני כארי ידי ורגלי
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky sbbvny klbym `dt mr`ym hqypvny kAry ydy vrgly

Intermediate language

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
New King James Version   
For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet;
21st Century King James Version   
For dogs have surrounded Me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed Me; they pierced My hands and My feet.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Because dogs surround me and the assembly of the evil have surrounded me; they have pierced my hands and my feet!
Darby Bible Translation   
For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of evil-doers have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet—
God's Word   
Dogs have surrounded me. A mob has encircled me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has closed in on me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
International Standard Version   
For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of those who practice of evil has encircled me. They gouged my hands and my feet.
NET Bible   
Yes, wild dogs surround me--a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
New American Standard Bible   
For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
New International Version   
Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.
New Living Translation   
My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
The World English Bible   
For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Wicked people are everywhere around me. They are ready to attack me, like a group of wild dogs. They tear apart my hands and my feet.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.
New Life Version   
For dogs have gathered around me. A group of sinful men stand around me. They have cut through my hands and feet.
The Voice Bible   
A throng of evil ones has surrounded me like a pack of wild dogs; They pierced my hands and ripped a hole in my feet.
Living Bible   
The enemy, this gang of evil men, circles me like a pack of dogs; they have pierced my hands and feet.
New Catholic Bible   
My mouth is as dry as clayware, and my tongue sticks to my jaw; you have laid me down in the dust of death.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Christian Standard Bible   
For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has closed in on me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For [like a pack of] dogs they have encompassed me; a company of evildoers has encircled me, they pierced my hands and my feet.
New Century Version   
Evil people have surrounded me; like dogs they have trapped me. They have bitten my arms and legs.
The Message   
Now packs of wild dogs come at me; thugs gang up on me. They pin me down hand and foot, and lock me in a cage—a bag Of bones in a cage, stared at by every passerby. They take my wallet and the shirt off my back, and then throw dice for my clothes.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For dogs have surrounded me. A band of evil men has encircled me. They have pierced my hands and my feet.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For dogs are all around me; a company of evildoers encircles me. My hands and feet have shriveled;
Good News Translation®   
An evil gang is around me; like a pack of dogs they close in on me; they tear at my hands and feet.
Wycliffe Bible   
For many dogs (en)compassed me; the council of wicked men besieged me. They delved mine hands and my feet; (For many dogs surrounded me; yea, a band of wicked men besieged me. They pierced my hands and my feet;)
Contemporary English Version   
Brutal enemies attack me like a pack of dogs, tearing at my hands and my feet.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet—
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For dogs are all around me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they bound my hands and feet.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For dogs are all around me; a company of evildoers encircles me. My hands and feet have shrivelled;
Common English Bible © 2011   
Dogs surround me; a pack of evil people circle me like a lion— oh, my poor hands and feet!
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me; A gang of evildoers has encircled me, They pierced my hands and my feet.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet—
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
As dry as a potsherd is my throat; my tongue cleaves to my palate; you lay me in the dust of death.
New American Standard Bible   
For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
The Expanded Bible   
Evil people have surrounded me; like dogs ·they [a group of evil people] have trapped me. They have ·bitten [pierced; or shriveled] my ·arms [hands] and ·legs [feet].
Tree of Life Version   
My strength is dried up like a clay pot, my tongue clings to my jaws. You lay me in the dust of death.
Revised Standard Version   
Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet—
New International Reader's Version   
A group of sinful people has closed in on me. They are all around me like a pack of dogs. They have pierced my hands and my feet.
BRG Bible   
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Complete Jewish Bible   
my mouth is as dry as a fragment of a pot, my tongue sticks to my palate; you lay me down in the dust of death.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For dogs are all around me; a company of evildoers encircles me. My hands and feet have shrivelled;
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For kelavim have surrounded me; the Adat Mere’im (congregation of evil men) have enclosed me; ka’aru yadai v’ragelai (they pierced my hands and my feet; see Isa 53:5; Zech 12:10 and medieval Hebrew Scripture manuscripts as well as the Targum HaShivim).
Names of God Bible   
Dogs have surrounded me. A mob has encircled me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
Modern English Version   
For dogs have encompassed me; the assembly of the wicked has enclosed me; like a lion they pin my hands and my feet;
Easy-to-Read Version   
The “dogs” are all around me— a pack of evil people has trapped me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
International Children’s Bible   
Evil men have surrounded me. Like dogs they have trapped me. They have bitten my arms and legs.
Lexham English Bible   
Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion they are at my hands and my feet.
New International Version - UK   
Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.