Psalms 44:12
10 You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
11 You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
- KJV
- Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
- WEB
- You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
- ASV
- Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price.
- DARBY
- Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;
- BLB
- You sell Your people with no profit, and You do not gain increase by their price.
- ÅB
- Du selger ditt folk for intet, og du setter ikke prisen på dem høyt.
- OTB
- Du har solgt Ditt folk for en spottpris,
Og har ikke tjent noe på salget. - B1930
- Du selger ditt folk for intet, og du setter ikke prisen på dem høit.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 15:13
Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
Read in contextIsaiah 52:3–4
For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
Read in contextJudges 2:14
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
Read in contextIsaiah 50:1
This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Read in contextJudges 3:8
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
Read in contextRevelation 18:13
of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.
Read in contextNehemiah 5:8–12
and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
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