King James Version
Psalms 22:18 in the King James Version says “They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.”
Psalms 22:18 · KJV
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. my darling: Heb. my only one power: Heb. hand
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon my vesture”
H3830a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
“among them and cast”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“lots”
H1486properly, a pebble, i.e., a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
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