Parallel Verses
Amplified
We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation],
A derision and mockery to those who encircle us.
New American Standard Bible
A scoffing and derision to those around us.
King James Version
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Holman Bible
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us.
International Standard Version
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a derision to those around us.
A Conservative Version
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are round about us.
American Standard Version
We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
Darby Translation
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.
Julia Smith Translation
We were a reproach to our neighbors, a derision and scorn to those being round about us.
King James 2000
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Lexham Expanded Bible
We have become a taunt to our neighbors, a derision and a scorn to those around us.
Modern King James verseion
We have become a shame to our neighbors, a scorn and mockery to those who are around us.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
We are become an open shame unto our enemies, a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us.
NET Bible
We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.
New Heart English Bible
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
The Emphasized Bible
We have become, A reproach to our neighbours, - A mockery and a derision, to them who are round about us.
Webster
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are around us.
World English Bible
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
Youngs Literal Translation
We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.
References
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 79:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith Amid Confusion
3
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem,
And there was no one to bury them.
We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation],
A derision and mockery to those who encircle us.
How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?
Cross References
Psalm 80:6
You make us an object of contention to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh [at our suffering] among themselves.
Deuteronomy 28:37
And you will become a horror, a proverb [a mere object lesson], and a taunt [a derisive joke] among all the people to which the Lord drives you.
1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and I will cast out of My sight the house which I have consecrated for My Name and Presence. Then Israel will become a proverb (a saying) and a byword (object of ridicule) among all the peoples.
Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked us and regarded us with contempt and said, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
Nehemiah 4:1-4
Psalm 44:13-14
You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.
Psalm 89:41
All who pass along the road rob him;
He has become the scorn of his neighbors.
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a focus of ridicule and disappointment [tossed back and forth] among all the kingdoms of the earth, a [notorious] disgrace, a byword, a taunt and a curse in all places where I will scatter them.
Jeremiah 25:18
Jerusalem and the cities of Judah [being most guilty because their privileges were greatest], its kings and princes, to make them a horror, a ruin, a hissing and a curse, as it is to this day;
Jeremiah 42:18
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “As My anger and My wrath have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will become detested, an object of horror, a curse and a people scorned; and you will no longer see this place.”
Lamentations 2:15-16
All who pass along the way
Clap their hands in derision at you;
They scoff and shake their heads
At the Daughter of Jerusalem, saying,
“Is this the city that was called
‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of all the earth’?”
Lamentations 5:1
Look, and see our reproach (national disgrace)!
Ezekiel 35:12
Then you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all your scornful speeches which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They have been made a wasteland; they have been given to us as food.’
Ezekiel 36:3
therefore prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “For good reason they have made you a desolation, and they crushed you from every side so that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have become the talk and the whispering of the people.”’”
Ezekiel 36:15
I will not let you hear insults from the nations anymore, nor will you bear disgrace from the peoples any longer, nor will you cause your nation to stumble [through idolatry] any longer,” says the Lord God.’”
Daniel 9:16
O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous and just acts, please let Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. Because of our sins and the wickedness of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become an object of scorn and a contemptuous byword to all who are around us.