Psalm 44:14
Modern Translations
New International Version
You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.

New Living Translation
You have made us the butt of their jokes; they shake their heads at us in scorn.

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

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

New American Standard Bible
You make us a proverb among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples.

NASB 1995
You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples.

NASB 1977
Thou dost make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples.

Amplified Bible
You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the people.

Christian Standard Bible
You make us a joke among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You make us a joke among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

Contemporary English Version
Foreigners joke about us and shake their heads.

Good News Translation
You have made us a joke among the nations; they shake their heads at us in scorn.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You made our [defeat] a proverb among the nations so that people shake their heads at us.

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.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

New King James Version
You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

King James 2000 Bible
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.

New Heart English Bible
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

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

American King James Version
You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

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

A Faithful Version
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou makest us a by-word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, & a nodding of the head among the people.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(44:15) Thou hast made vs to be a fable among the heathen: and to be such that the people shake their head at vs.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Thou makest vs to be rebuked of or neghbours, to be laughed to scorne aud had in derision, of them that are rounde aboute vs.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You make us an allegory among nations, "" A shaking of the head among peoples.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou wilt set us a parable among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles : a shaking of the head among the people.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You have set us as a disgrace to our neighbors, a scoff and a derision to those who are around us.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
You have made us a proverb among the Gentiles and a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Lamsa Bible
Thou makest us a byword among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou hast made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.
















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