Psalms 22:21
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Saue me from the lyons mouth: for thou hast heard me from the hornes of the vnicornes.
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- 2 Timothy 4:17Rank 1 from verse 21
17Notwithstanding 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.
17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me, that by me the preaching might be fully knowen, and that all the Gentiles might heare: and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the Lyon.
- 1 Peter 5:8Rank 2 from verse 21
27For 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,
27For of a trueth against thy holy child Iesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were gathered together,
- John 14:30Rank 4 from verse 21
- Numbers 23:22Rank 5 from verse 21
- Isaiah 34:7Rank 6 from verse 21
7And 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.
7‖‖And the Unicornes shall come downe with them, and the bullockes with the bulles, and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatnesse.
- Acts 5:30–32Rank 8 from verse 21
30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
32And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
30The God of our fathers raised vp Iesus, whom yee slew and hanged on a tree.
31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to bee a Prince and a Sauiour, for to giue repentance to Israel, and forgiuenesse of sinnes.
32And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the holy Ghost, whom God hath giuen to them that obey him.
- Deuteronomy 33:17Rank 9 from verse 21
17His 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.
17His glory is like the firstling of his bullocke, & his hornes are like the hornes of Unicornes: 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 39:9–10Rank 10 from verse 21
9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
9Will the Unicorne be willing to serue thee? or abide by thy cribbe?
10Canst thou binde the Unicorne with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleyes after thee?
- Luke 22:53Rank 11 from verse 21
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Psalms 22:21
Sense 1: To rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through. Sense 2: Except or apart from.
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Sense 1: A large, powerful wild cat. Sense 2: Figuratively, one fierce or strong.
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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.
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Powerful horned wild animals of uncertain specific identity.
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20Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
20††Deliuer my soule from the sword: my darling from the power of the dogge.
21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
21Saue me from the lyons mouth: for thou hast heard me from the hornes of the vnicornes.
Selected passage22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
22*I will declare thy name vnto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.