Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

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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Context Readings

Israel's Complaint

13 You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. 14 You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt. 15 All day long I feel humiliated and am overwhelmed with shame,

Cross References

Jeremiah 24:9

I will bring such disaster on them that all the kingdoms of the earth will be horrified. I will make them an object of reproach, a proverbial example of disaster. I will make them an object of ridicule, an example to be used in curses. That is how they will be remembered wherever I banish them.

2 Kings 19:21

This is what the Lord says about him: "The virgin daughter Zion despises you, she makes fun of you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.

Job 16:4

I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.

Deuteronomy 28:37

You will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the Lord will drive you.

1 Kings 9:7

then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations.

2 Chronicles 7:20

then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations.

Job 17:6

He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.

Psalm 22:7

All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.

Psalm 109:25

I am disdained by them. When they see me, they shake their heads.

Isaiah 37:22

this is what the Lord says about him: "The virgin daughter Zion despises you -- she makes fun of you; daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.

Lamentations 2:15-17

(Samek) All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem. "Ha! Is this the city they called 'The perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!'?"

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