Dialogue with Trypho 98.4 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Ps 22:12–17.

Greek text · Archambault 2:112–114

Περιεκύκλωσάν με μόσχοι πολλοί, ταῦροι πίονες περιέσχον με· ἤνοιξαν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν ὡς λέων ἁρπάζων καὶ ὠρυόμενος. Ὡσεὶ ὕδωρ ἐξεχύθη καὶ διεσκορπίσθη πάντα τὰ ὀστᾶ μου. Ἐγενήθη ἡ καρδία μου ὡσεὶ κηρὸς τηκόμενος ἐν μέσῳ τῆς κοιλίας μου· ἐξηράνθη ὡς ὄστρακον ἡ ἰσχύς μου, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσά μου κεκόλληται τῷ λάρυγγί μου, καὶ εἰς χοῦν θανάτου κατήγαγές με· ὅτι ἐκύκλωσάν με κύνες πολλοί, συναγωγὴ πονηρευομένων περιέσχον με. Ὤρυξαν χεῖράς μου καὶ πόδας μου, ἐξηρίθμησαν πάντα τὰ ὀστᾶ μου· αὐτοὶ δὲ κατενόησαν καὶ ἐπεῖδόν με.

English · Claude translation

“‘Many calves have surrounded me; fat bulls have encircled me; they opened their mouth against me like a lion ravening and roaring. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are scattered. My heart has become like wax melting in the midst of my belly; my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my throat, and you have brought me down into the dust of death. For many dogs have surrounded me; a gathering of evildoers has encircled me. They dug my hands and my feet; they counted all my bones; and they looked and stared at me.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:112–114 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Ps 22:12 (21:13 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 22:13 (21:14 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 22:14 (21:15 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 22:15 (21:16 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 22:16 (21:17 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 22:17 (21:18 LXX) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 98.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/98/4/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 98.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/98/4/).