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Psalms 44:14

Shame

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.

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.

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BSB
You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
KJV
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
WEB
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
ASV
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
DARBY
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
BLB
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
ÅB
Du gjør oss til et ordspråk iblant hedningene; de rister på hodet av oss iblant folkene.
OTB
Du har gjort oss til et ordtak blant folkeslagene,
En kilde til hån blant folkene.
B1930
Du gjør oss til et ordsprog iblandt hedningene; de ryster på hodet av oss iblandt folkene.

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  • Jeremiah 24:9

    And 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.

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  • Job 16:4

    I 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.

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  • Job 17:6

    He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:37

    And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

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  • 2 Kings 19:21

    This 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.

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  • Lamentations 2:15–17

    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 call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

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  • Psalms 22:7

    All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

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  • 2 Chronicles 7:20

    Then 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.

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