6 occurrences in 14 translations

'Laughing stock' in the Bible

And will make them to be a reproof, a common byword, a laughingstock and shame, in all the places where I shall scatter them.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentOffenceRidicule, Nature OfMade A Horror

“Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the Lord. Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.

Verse ConceptsdefianceVomittingGod Making Drunk

Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”

Verse Conceptsthieves

“How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.”

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackMade A HorrorShame Has Come

For why? I have sworn by myself, sayeth the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a wilderness; an open shame; a laughingstock and cursing; and her cities shall be a continual desert.

Verse ConceptsMade A Horror

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