Psalm 44:14 “You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the…”

Psalm 44:14

You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

World English Bible

You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

American Standard Version

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.

Darby Translation

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Young's Literal Translation

Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

Bible in Basic English

Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

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Cross references

“by-word”

Jeremiah 24:9 Deuteronomy 28:37 1 Kings 9:7 2 Chronicles 7:20

Jeremiah 24:9 · BSB

I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

Deuteronomy 28:37 · BSB

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

1 Kings 9:7 · BSB

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

2 Chronicles 7:20 · BSB

then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

“shaking”

2 Kings 19:21 Job 16:4 Lamentations 2:15–17 Psalm 22:7 Isaiah 37:22

2 Kings 19:21 · BSB

This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

Job 16:4 · BSB

I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

Lamentations 2:15–17 · BSB

All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”

Psalm 22:7 · BSB

All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

Isaiah 37:22 · BSB

this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

Also

Job 17:6 Psalm 109:25

Job 17:6 · BSB

He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

Psalm 109:25 · BSB

I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

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

In context

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

15All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

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