Psalms 44:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.”
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“You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 44:14 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- 1 Kings 9:7then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
- 2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
- Nehemiah 2:17Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
- Job 16:4I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
- Job 17:6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
- Psalms 22:7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
- Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 109:25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
- Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
- Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
- Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
- Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
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