Psalms 44:14

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Jer 24:9 : 9 I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
  • 2 Kgs 19:21 : 21 This is the word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
  • Job 16:4 : 4 I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.
  • Job 17:6 : 6 But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
  • Ps 22:7 : 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying] ,
  • Ps 109:25 : 25 I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.
  • Isa 37:22 : 22 this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
  • 2 Chr 7:20 : 20 then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
  • Deut 28:37 : 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.
  • 1 Kgs 9:7 : 7 then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
  • Lam 2:15-17 : 15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying], Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. 17 Jehovah hath done that which he purposed; He hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: And he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee; He hath exalted the horn of thine adversaries.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 44:9-13
    5 verses
    90%

    9But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.

    10Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.

    11Thou hast made us like sheep [appointed] for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.

    12Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price.

    13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.

  • 6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

  • 4We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

  • Ps 44:15-17
    3 verses
    80%

    15All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,

    16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.

    17All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

  • Lam 3:45-46
    2 verses
    79%

    45Thou hast made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

    46All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.

  • 37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.

  • 16to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

  • 6But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

  • 14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

  • 25I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.

  • 14Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

  • 19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.

  • 7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying] ,

  • 41All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

  • 4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;

  • Ps 44:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

    25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.

  • 51We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah's house.

  • 8But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.

  • 16They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they shall consider thee, [saying], Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

  • 15For, behold, I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men.

  • 7But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us.

  • Dan 9:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

    8O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

  • 27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.

  • 3These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.

  • 1[For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand]. O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.

  • 5Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one [and] full of tumult.

  • 22this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

  • 3Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.

  • 18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

  • 44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

  • 3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [And] are become unclean in your sight?

  • 15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying], Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

  • 8Wherefore the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to be tossed to and fro, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

  • 4Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.

  • 22But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.

  • 20We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

  • 11Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.

  • 21This is the word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

  • 16Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

  • 4In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove [it] from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.

  • 16They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.