NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Thou makestsuwm (soom) to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work. us a byword mashal (maw-shawl') a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse) -- byword, like, parable, proverb. among the heathen gowy (go'-ee) a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people. a shaking manowd (maw-node') shaking. of the head ro'sh (roshe) the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) among the people lom (leh-ome') from an unused root meaning to gather; a community -- nation, people. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples. King James Bible Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. Holman Christian Standard Bible You make us a joke among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. International Standard Version You made us an object lesson among the nations; people shake their heads at us. NET Bible You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt. Aramaic Bible in Plain English You have made us a proverb among the Gentiles and a shaking of the head among the peoples. GOD'S WORD® Translation You made our [defeat] a proverb among the nations so that people shake their heads at us. King James 2000 Bible You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people. Links Psalm 44:14Psalm 44:14 NIV Psalm 44:14 NLT Psalm 44:14 ESV Psalm 44:14 NASB Psalm 44:14 KJV |