Psalm 79:4 “We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to th…”

Psalm 79:4

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

World English Bible

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.

American Standard Version

We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wee are a reproche to our neighbours, euen a scorne and derision vnto them that are round about vs.

Darby Translation

We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.

Young's Literal Translation

We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.

Bible in Basic English

We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us.

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Cross references

“become”

Psalm 80:6 Psalm 89:41 Lamentations 5:1 Ezekiel 36:15 Deuteronomy 28:37 Jeremiah 24:9

Psalm 80:6 · BSB

You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.

Psalm 89:41 · BSB

All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

Lamentations 5:1 · BSB

Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!

Ezekiel 36:15 · BSB

I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”

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.

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.

“scorn”

1 Kings 9:7 Nehemiah 2:19 Nehemiah 4:1–4

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.

Nehemiah 2:19 · BSB

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

Nehemiah 4:1–4 · BSB

Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews

Also

Daniel 9:16

Daniel 9:16 · BSB

O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your…

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

In context

3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.

5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

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