Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Now was not Israel a
King James Version
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
Holman Bible
Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you?
International Standard Version
Wasn't Israel an object of mocking for you? Wasn't he treated like a thief, so that whenever you spoke about him you shook your head in contempt?
A Conservative Version
For was not Israel a derision to thee? Was he found among thieves? For as often as thou speak of him, thou wag the head.
American Standard Version
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.
Amplified
For was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he caught among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head in scorn.
Bible in Basic English
For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking about him, you were shaking your head over him.
Darby Translation
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? Was he found among thieves, that as oft as thou didst speak of him, thou didst shake the head?
Julia Smith Translation
And if Israel was not a derision to thee? if he was found among thieves? for after thy speaking of him thou wilt move to and fro.
King James 2000
For was not Israel a derision unto you? was he found among thieves? for when you spoke of him, you wagged your head.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now [was] not Israel the laughingstock to you? Or was he found among thieves? For {as often as} you spoke over him you shook [your head].
Modern King James verseion
For was not Israel a mockery to you? Was he found among thieves? For ever since you spoke of him, you skipped for joy.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O Israel, shalt thou not laugh him to scorn, when he is taken among thieves? Yea, because of thy words that thou hast spoken against him, thou shalt be driven away.
NET Bible
For did not you people of Moab laugh at the people of Israel? Did you think that they were nothing but thieves, that you shook your head in contempt every time you talked about them?
New Heart English Bible
For wasn't Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For as often as you speak of him, you shake your head.
The Emphasized Bible
And was it not, a derision, that Israel became to thee? And was it not among thieves, he was found? For, as often as thou didst speak of him, thou didst wag the head!
Webster
For was not Israel a derision to thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou hast spoken of him, thou hast leaped for joy.
World English Bible
For wasn't Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for as often as you speak of him, you shake your head.
Youngs Literal Translation
And was not Israel the derision to thee? Among thieves was he found? For since thy words concerning him, Thou dost bemoan thyself.
Themes
Moabites » Prophesies respecting » Their desolation as a punishment for their hatred of israel
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 48:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Moab
26
"Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the LORD, so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision.
27 Now was not Israel a
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:26
"As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel shall be shamed: they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets,
Micah 7:8-10
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.
Lamentations 2:15-17
All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?"
Ezekiel 25:8
"Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Moab and Seir said, 'Behold, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,'
Zephaniah 2:8
"I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.
Job 16:4
I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.
Psalm 44:13
You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
Psalm 79:4
We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
Proverbs 24:17-18
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
Jeremiah 18:16
making their land a horror, a thing to be hissed at forever. Everyone who passes by it is horrified and shakes his head.
Ezekiel 26:2-3
"Son of man, because Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, 'Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste,'
Ezekiel 35:15
As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 36:2
Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the enemy said of you, 'Aha!' and, 'The ancient heights have become our possession,'
Ezekiel 36:4
therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around,
Obadiah 1:12-13
But do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; do not boast in the day of distress.
Zephaniah 2:10
This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they taunted and boasted against the people of the LORD of hosts.
Matthew 7:2
For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
Matthew 26:55
At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.
Matthew 27:38
Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.