Psalm 44:12 “You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sal…”

Psalm 44:12

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

World English Bible

You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.

American Standard Version

Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased thy wealth by their price.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou sellest thy people without gaine, and doest not increase their price.

Darby Translation

Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;

Young's Literal Translation

Thou sellest Thy people — without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.

Bible in Basic English

You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.

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Cross references

“sellest”

Jeremiah 15:13 Deuteronomy 32:30 Isaiah 50:1 Isaiah 52:3 Isaiah 52:4

Jeremiah 15:13 · BSB

Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.

Deuteronomy 32:30 · BSB

How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

Isaiah 50:1 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your…

Isaiah 52:3 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”

Isaiah 52:4 · BSB

For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

“increase”

Nehemiah 5:8–12 Revelation 18:13

Nehemiah 5:8–12 · BSB

and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find no…

Revelation 18:13 · BSB

of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves.

Also

Judges 3:8 Judges 2:14

Judges 3:8 · BSB

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

Judges 2:14 · BSB

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.

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

In context

11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

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