Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

You make us a byword among the nations,
A laughingstock among the peoples.

King James Version

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

Holman Bible

You make us a joke among the nations,
a laughingstock among the peoples.

International Standard Version

You made us an object lesson among the nations; people shake their heads at us.

A Conservative Version

Thou make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

American Standard Version

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

Amplified


You make us a byword among the nations,
A laughingstock among the people.

Bible in Basic English

Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

Darby Translation

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou wilt set us a parable among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

King James 2000

You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You have made us a byword among the nations, a shaking of [the] head among [the] peoples.

Modern King James verseion

You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou makest us to be a byword among the Heathen, and that the people shake their heads at us.

NET Bible

You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.

New Heart English Bible

You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

The Emphasized Bible

Thou dust make us, A by-word among the nations, - A shaking of the head among the peoples.

Webster

Thou makest us a by-word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

World English Bible

You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

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References

Easton

Context Readings

Israel's Complaint

13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to those that are round about us. 14 You make us a byword among the nations,
A laughingstock among the peoples.
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,

Cross References

Jeremiah 24:9

And I give them to be removed, for evil unto all the kingdoms of the earth, for infamy, and for reproach and for a proverb, and for a curse unto all the places where I shall drive them.

2 Kings 19:21

This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: Has he despised thee? Has he laughed thee to scorn, O virgin daughter of Zion? He has moved his head behind thy back, O daughter of Jerusalem.

Job 16:4

I also could speak as ye do. I wish your soul were in my soul's stead, that I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

Deuteronomy 28:37

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations where the LORD shall carry thee away.

1 Kings 9:7

I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them, and this house, which I have sanctified unto my name, I will cast out of my sight, and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples;

2 Chronicles 7:20

I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, I will cast out of my presence, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

Job 17:6

He has made me a byword of the peoples; and before them I have been as a tambourine.

Psalm 22:7

All those that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

Psalm 109:25

I have become a reproach unto them; when they looked upon me they shook their heads.

Isaiah 37:22

This is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him, Has he despised thee? Has he laughed thee to scorn O virgin daughter of Zion? Has he shaken his head behind thy back O daughter of Jerusalem?

Lamentations 2:15-17

Samech All that passed by clapped their hands over thee and whistled and wagged their heads over the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

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