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Psalms 22:12

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.

Psalms 22:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 22:12

Theological / Devotional

Bulls. A figure for fierce men, intent on his destruction.

Strong bulls. Heb. ’abbirim, which in several Ugaritic texts (see pp. 618, 619) means “buffalo.” Once it designates a mythological figure born to the god Baal by his sister Anath.

Bashan. A region east of the Jordan, famous for its rich pasturelands and large and strong cattle (see Deut. 32:14; Eze. 39:18; Amos 4:1).

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