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Psalms 79:4

Psalms chapter 79 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

Context

v.3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.

v.4This passage

v.5How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Cross references

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

  • Nehemiah 2:19

    But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

  • Lamentations 5:1

    Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.

  • Jeremiah 24:9

    I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

  • 1 Kings 9:7

    then 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 peoples.

  • Deuteronomy 28:37

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

  • Ezekiel 36:3

    therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;