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 · 2000

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He 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 · 1890

Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.

Context

v.5Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

v.6This passage

v.7Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

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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