Psalms 80:6
What does Psalms 80:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 80:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 36:4
therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are round about;
- Jeremiah 48:27
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.
- Isaiah 36:8
Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
- Psalms 79:4
We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
- Revelation 11:10
And they that dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwell on the earth.
- Jeremiah 15:10
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.
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