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Psalms 44:14

Psalms chapter 44 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

Context

v.13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.

v.14This passage

v.15All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 28:37

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

  • Isaiah 37:22

    this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

  • Job 16:4

    I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.

  • Psalms 22:7

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

  • 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 hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

  • Lamentations 2:15

    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?