Jeremiah 48:27

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you speak of him you wag your head in scorn?

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For whenever you spoke of him, you skipped for joy.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For was not Israel{H3478} a derision{H7814} unto thee? was he found{H4672} among thieves?{H1590} for as often{H1767} as thou speakest{H1697} of him, thou waggest{H5110} the head.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For was not Israel{H3478} a derision{H7814} unto thee? was he found{H4672}{(H8738)} among thieves{H1590}? for since{H1767} thou spakest{H1697} of him, thou skippedst{H5110}{(H8709)} for joy.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    O Israell, shalt thou not laugh him to scorne, when he is taken amoge theues? Yee because off thy wordes that thou hast spoken agaynst him, thou shalt be dryuen awaye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For diddest not thou deride Israel, as though he had bene found among theeues? for when thou speakest of him, thou art moued.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Diddest not thou laugh Israel to scorne, as though he had ben taken with theft among thieues? for so often as thou makest mention of hym, thou skippest for ioy.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For wasn't Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for as often as you speak of him, you wag the head.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And was not Israel the derision to thee? Among thieves was he found? For since thy words concerning him, Thou dost bemoan thyself.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking about him, you were shaking your head over him.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For wasn't Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for as often as you speak of him, you shake your head.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For did not you people of Moab laugh at the people of Israel? Did you think that they were nothing but thieves, that you shook your head in contempt every time you talked about them?

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 2:26 : 26 As a thief is ashamed when caught, so the house of Israel is put to shame—they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets.
  • Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. 9 Because I have sinned against Him, I will bear the indignation of the LORD until He pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light, and I will see His righteousness. 10 Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, 'Where is the LORD your God?' My eyes will look upon her; now she will be trampled down like mud in the streets.
  • Zeph 2:8 : 8 I have heard the taunts of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have reproached My people and enlarged their borders.
  • Lam 2:15-17 : 15 All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, 'Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?' 16 All your enemies open their mouths against you; they hiss and grind their teeth, saying, 'We have swallowed her up. Surely this is the day we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.' 17 The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his word that he decreed long ago. He has overthrown without pity; he has let the enemy gloat over you and exalt the horn of your adversaries.
  • Ezek 25:8 : 8 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because Moab and Seir said, 'Look! The house of Judah is like all the other nations,'
  • Ezek 26:2-3 : 2 Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, 'Aha! The gateway of the peoples is broken; it has turned to me. I will be filled now that she lies in ruins.' 3 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea bringing up its waves.'
  • Ezek 35:15 : 15 As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel when it became desolate, so will I deal with you. You will become a desolation, Mount Seir, along with all of Edom—all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 36:2 : 2 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! Even the ancient high places have become ours as a possession,’
  • Ezek 36:4 : 4 therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the streams and valleys, to the desolate ruins and the abandoned towns that have been plundered and ridiculed by the surrounding nations:
  • Obad 1:12-13 : 12 But do not gloat over your brother on the day of his calamity; do not rejoice over the people of Judah on the day of their destruction; and do not boastfully speak on the day of distress. 13 Do not enter the gate of my people on the day of their disaster; do not gloat over their calamity on the day of their disaster; and do not reach out your hand to their wealth on the day of their disaster.
  • Job 16:4 : 4 I could also speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
  • Ps 44:13 : 13 You sold Your people for nothing and made no profit from their sale.
  • Ps 79:4 : 4 We have become an object of scorn to our neighbors, mocked and ridiculed by those around us.
  • Prov 24:17-18 : 17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles. 18 Otherwise, the LORD will see and disapprove, and He may turn His anger away from them.
  • Zeph 2:10 : 10 This will be their lot in return for their pride, because they have taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of Hosts.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For with the standard you use to judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
  • Matt 26:55 : 55 At that time, Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as if I were a robber? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
  • Matt 27:38 : 38 Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right and the other on His left.
  • Jer 18:16 : 16 They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn. All who pass by it are appalled and shake their heads.

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    26 Make her drunk, for she has magnified herself against the LORD. Moab will wallow in her vomit and become an object of ridicule.

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    8 See how they spew out insults; their lips are sharp like swords, and they say, 'Who can hear us?'

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    22 this is the word the LORD has spoken against him: 'The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head as you flee.

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    6 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you clapped your hands, stomped your feet, and rejoiced with all the scorn in your heart against the land of Israel,

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    21 This is the word that the Lord has spoken against him: 'The Virgin Daughter Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter Jerusalem tosses her head at you as you flee.'

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    28 Abandon your cities and dwell among the rocks, O inhabitants of Moab. Be like a dove that makes its nest in the sides of the cave's opening.

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    29 Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will come cringing to you, and you will tread on their high places.

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    33 Joy and gladness have been taken from the fertile fields and the land of Moab. I have stopped the wine flowing from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy. There is no joyful shouting.

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    26 As a thief is ashamed when caught, so the house of Israel is put to shame—they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets.

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    13 You sold Your people for nothing and made no profit from their sale.

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    14 I have become the laughingstock of all my people; their mocking song all day long.

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