King James Version

Psalms 22:17

I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 22:18.

אֲסַפֵּ֥רasapercommuneסָפַרverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “commune”, an unfinished actionH5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebratecommune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).עַצְמוֹתָ֑יatsmotaybodyעֶצֶםnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.הֵ֥מָּהhemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.יַ֝בִּ֗יטוּyabitvlookנָבַטverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “look”, an unfinished actionH5027to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care(cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.יִרְאוּyirvseeרָאָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “see”, an unfinished actionH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…בִֽיviinבִֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(22-18) I may count all my bones; they look and gloat over me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me;

Young’s Literal Translation

I count all my bones — they look expectingly, They look upon me,

World English Bible

I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.

Darby Translation

I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(22-18) I may count all my bones; they look and gloat over me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They counted all my bones; and they observed and looked upon me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐξηρίθμησαν πάντα τὰ ὀστᾶ μου· αὐτοὶ δὲ κατενόησαν καὶ ἐπεῖδόν με.