Parallel Verses
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.
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?
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; for he was magnified against Jehovah, and Moab vomited forth in his vomit, and he was for a derision. 27 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. 28 Those inhabiting Moab, forsook the cities and dwelt in the rock, and they were as the dove, she will nest in the regions beyond the mouth of the pit
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:26
As the shame of the thief when he shall be found, so was the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their chiefs, and their priests, and their prophets,
Micah 7:8-10
Thou shalt not rejoice against me, O mine enemy: if I fell I arose: if I shall sit in darkness, Jehovah a light to me.
Lamentations 2:15-17
All passing by the way clapped their hands at thee; they hissed, and they will nod their head at the daughter of Jerusalem: This the city, they will say; the complete splendor of joy to all the earth.
Ezekiel 25:8
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because Moab said, and Seir, Behold, the house of Judah as all the nations;
Zephaniah 2:8
I heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the sons of Ammon which they reproached my people, and they will magnify against their border.
Job 16:4
Also I will speak as you: if it is your soul instead of my soul, I will join together with words against you, and shake my head against you upon it
Psalm 44:13
Thou wilt set us a reproach to our neighbors, and a derision and scorn to them round about us.
Psalm 79:4
We were a reproach to our neighbors, a derision and scorn to those being round about us.
Proverbs 24:17-18
In the falling of thine enemies thou shalt not rejoice, and in his stumbling thy heart shall not exult:
Jeremiah 18:16
To set their land for a desolation, eternal hissings; every one passing over it shall be astonished and shall shake with his head.
Ezekiel 26:2-3
Son of man, because that Tyre said against Jerusalem Aha! she was broken, the doors of the peoples: she was turned to me: I Shall be filled; she was laid waste:
Ezekiel 35:15
For thy rejoicing at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was a desolation, thus will I do to thee: thou shalt be a desolation O mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it: and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ezekiel 36:2
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy said against you, Aha! and the heights of old were for a possession to us:
Ezekiel 36:4
For this ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus said the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the torrents and to the valleys, and to the desolate wastes, and to cities being forsaken which were for plunder and for derision to the rest of the nations that are from round about;
Obadiah 1:12-13
And thou shalt not look upon thy brother in the day of his calamity, and thou shalt not rejoice to the sons of Judah in the day of their perishing, and thou shalt not magnify thy mouth in the day of straits.
Zephaniah 2:10
This to them for their pride, for they reproached and they will magnify against the people of Jehovah of armies.
Matthew 7:2
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye measure, it shall be repaid to you.
Matthew 26:55
In that hour, Jesus said to the crowds, As against a robber came ye out, with swords and sticks, to take me? In the day I sat down with you, teaching, and ye took not hold of me.
Matthew 27:38
Then were crucified with him two robbers; one from the right hand, and the other from the left.