Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
You made us a reproach to our neighbors and an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.
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Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth. They will be a disgrace and an example. They will become something ridiculed and cursed wherever I scatter them.
2 Kings 19:21
This is Jehovah's message to Sennacherib: 'My people, the virgin daughter of Zion, despise you and laugh at you. My people in Jerusalem shake their heads behind your back.
Job 16:4
I too could speak like you, if I were in your place. I could compose words against you. And I would shake my head at you.
Deuteronomy 28:37
You will become a thing of revulsion. All the nations where Jehovah will send you will make an example of you and laugh at you.
1 Kings 9:7
I will have Israel cut off from the land I gave them. I will abandon this house even though I have made it holy for myself. I will put you out of my sight. Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.
2 Chronicles 7:20
I will uproot Israel from the land I gave them. I will reject this Temple that I declared holy for my name. I will make it an example and an object of ridicule for all the people of the world.
Job 17:6
Now he has made me a laughingstock for many people. Now they spit in my face.
Psalm 22:7
All who see me laugh at me. Insults pour from their mouths. They shake their heads and say:
Psalm 109:25
I have become the victim of my enemies' insults. They look at me and shake their heads.
Isaiah 37:22
this is the word Jehovah spoke against him: The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem tosses her head as you flee.
Lamentations 2:15-17
All who go by make a noise with their hands at you. They make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem. They say: Is this the town that was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?