Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

New American Standard Bible

We have become a reproach to our neighbors,
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

We have become an object of reproach
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.

Amplified


We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation],
A derision and mockery to those who encircle 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

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Context Readings

Faith Amid Confusion

3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us. 5 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Cross References

Psalm 80:6

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

Deuteronomy 28:37

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.

1 Kings 9:7

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

Nehemiah 2:19

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

Nehemiah 4:1-4

But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

Psalm 44:13-14

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.

Psalm 89:41

All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

Jeremiah 24:9

I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

Jeremiah 25:18

to wit , Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

Jeremiah 42:18

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: As mine anger and my wrath hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.

Lamentations 2:15-16

All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem,'saying , Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

Lamentations 5:1

Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.

Ezekiel 35:12

And thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, have heard all thy revilings which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.

Ezekiel 36:3

therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;

Ezekiel 36:15

neither will I let thee hear any more the shame of the nations, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the peoples any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nation to stumble any more, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Daniel 9:16

O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy wrath, I pray thee, be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are round about us.

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