The Hebrew word k'ari ( like a lion)

 The Hebrew word k'ari ( like a lion) כָּאֲרִי is often translated as pierced in Psalms 22:16 in the KJV.

Psalms 22:16 (KJV) "For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet."

In the Hebrew text Psalms 22:16 is Psalms 22:17.

Psalms 22:17 (JPS Tanak) "For dogs have encompassed me; A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; Like a lion, they are at my hands and my feet."

The same word k'ari (like a lion) כָּאֲרִי found in Psalms 22:16 is translated in Isaiah 38:13 in the Christian Bible

KJV translates it "as a lion" which is correct

Isaiah 38:13 (KJV) "I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me."

The NKJV translates it "like a lion"

Isaiah 38:13 (NKJV) "I have considered until morning— Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me."

In the Hebrew Text k'ari כָּאֲרִי  "unto a lion"

Isaiah 38:13 (JPS Tanak) The more I make myself like unto a lion until morning, The more it breaketh all my bones; From day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me.

Written by,.     Cruze Frank