Psalm 44:11 “You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us am…”

Psalm 44:11

You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

World English Bible

You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.

American Standard Version

Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou giuest vs as sheepe to bee eaten, and doest scatter vs among the nations.

Darby Translation

Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;

Young's Literal Translation

Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

Bible in Basic English

You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.

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Cross references

“given”

Romans 8:36 Jeremiah 12:3

Romans 8:36 · BSB

As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

Jeremiah 12:3 · BSB

But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.

“like sheep appointed for meat”

Psalm 14:4

Psalm 14:4 · BSB

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

“scattered”

Deuteronomy 4:27 Deuteronomy 28:64 Ezekiel 34:12 Jeremiah 32:37 Psalm 60:1 2 Kings 17:6

Deuteronomy 4:27 · BSB

Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Deuteronomy 28:64 · BSB

Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

Ezekiel 34:12 · BSB

As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

Jeremiah 32:37 · BSB

I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.

Psalm 60:1 · BSB

You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

2 Kings 17:6 · BSB

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

Also

Psalm 106:27

Psalm 106:27 · BSB

to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.

12You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

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