KJV King James Version
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
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Psalm 44:14
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
WEB World English Bible
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
Surrounding context — Psalm 44
11 Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
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Jeremiah 24:9And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for [their] hurt, [to be] a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.Job 17:6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.Lamentations 2:15-17All 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] call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?Job 16:4I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.2 Kings 19:21This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.1 Kings 9:7Then 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 people:Psalm 22:7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],2 Chronicles 7:20Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it [to be] a proverb and a byword among all nations.Psalm 109:25I became also a reproach unto them: [when] they looked upon me they shaked their heads.Isaiah 37:22This [is] the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
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