Psalms 44:22
What does Psalms 44:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 44:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not available in this translation
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Corinthians 15:30
why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
- Psalms 44:11
Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.
- Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
- 1 Samuel 22:17
And the king said unto the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.
- Revelation 17:6
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder.
- John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.
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