Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Thou dust make us, A by-word among the nations, - A shaking of the head among the peoples.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Holman Bible
a laughingstock
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,
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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.
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.
Themes
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Became a by-word to neighbouring nations
Topics
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 44:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Complaint
13 Thou dust make us, A reproach to our neighbours, A mockery and a derision to them who are round about us: 14 Thou dust make us, A by-word among the nations, - A shaking of the head among the peoples. 15 All the day, is my confusion before me, And, the shame of my face, hath covered me:
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 24:9
yea I will deliver them up, as a terror of calamity, to all the kingdoms of the earth, - as a reproach and as a byword, as a mockery and as a contempt, in every place whither I will drive them;
2 Kings 19:21
This, is the word that Yahweh hath spoken concerning him, - The virgin daughter of Zion, laugheth thee to scorn, mocketh thee, The daughter of Jerusalem, after thee, doth wag her head.
Job 16:4
I also, like you, could speak, - If your soul were in the place of my soul, I could string together words against you, and could therewith shake over you my head.
Deuteronomy 28:37
Thus shalt thou become a horror, a byword, and a mockery, among all the peoples whither Yahweh thy God will drive thee.
1 Kings 9:7
then will I cut off Israel, from the face of the soil, which I have given unto them, and, the house which I have hallowed for my Name, will I suffer to be carried away from before me, - and Israel shall become a byword and a mockery, among all the peoples;
2 Chronicles 7:20
then will I root you out from off the soil, which I have given to you, and, this house, which I have hallowed for my Name, will I cast off from before my face, - and will appoint it for a by-word and a mockery, among all the peoples;
Job 17:6
But he hath set me, as the byword of peoples, And, one to be spit on in the face, do I become.
Psalm 22:7
All that see me, laugh at me, - They open wide the mouth, They shake the head: -
Psalm 109:25
So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head.
Isaiah 37:22
this, is the word which Yahweh hath spoken concerning him, - The virgin daughter of Zion, laugheth thee to scorn - mocketh thee, The daughter of Jerusalem after thee doth wag her head,
Lamentations 2:15-17
All passing by, have clapped, over thee, their hands, have hissed and wagged their head over the daughter of Jerusalem, - saying , Is, this, the city, of which men used to say - The perfection of beauty! A joy to the whole earth!