Psalms 22:21 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

unicorns a wild ox Webster’s 1828 · Unicorn

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Translation Notes

UnicornIn the KJV’s English a unicorn was a real beast of great strength, the one-horned monoceros or rhinoceros, not a creature of fable.

Matthew Henry

With prayer for deliveranceIn these verses we have Christ suffering, and Christ praying; by which we are directed to look for crosses, and to look up to God under them. The very manner...

Parallel Passages

2 Timothy 4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

2 Timothy 4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
Numbers 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
Deuteronomy 33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Job 39:9–10 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? …
Isaiah 34:7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
Luke 22:53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
John 8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
Acts 4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
Acts 5:30–32 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. …
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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Topics

Afflictions and adversities Prayer in
Aijeleth Shahar (A musical term which probably indicated the sprightly movement of the music set to)
David And probably
Jesus, the Christ Prophecies concerning
Persecution Of Jesus
Praise For God’s goodness to individuals
Psalms Afflictions
Unicorn (wild ox, R. V.) Horned

Hebrew and Strong’s

Save הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי hôšîʿēnî יָשַׁע Verb · hiphil imperative, second person masculine singular · with suffix: first person common singular
me from the lion's אַרְיֵה ʾaryê אֲרִי Noun · masculine singular
mouth מִפִּי mippî פֶּה Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
for thou hast heard עֲנִיתָנִי ʿănîtānî עָנָה Verb · qal perfect, second person masculine singular · with suffix: first person common singular
me from the horns וּמִקַּרְנֵי ûmiqqarnê קֶרֶן Noun · masculine or feminine dual construct · with and, preposition
of the unicorns רֵמִים rēmîm רְאֵם Noun · masculine plural

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