Psalms 44:14 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 44:14

12 ^aYou sell Your people for next to nothing,
And are not enriched by selling them.

13 ^aYou make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scorn and a derision to those all around us.

14 ^aYou make us a byword among the nations,
^bA shaking of the head among the peoples.

15 My dishonor is continually before me,
And the shame of my face has covered me,

16 Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
^aBecause of the enemy and the avenger.

17 ^aAll this has come upon us;
But we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.

18 Our heart has not turned back,
^aNor have our steps departed from Your way;

Verse Comparison: Psalms 44:14

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

Amplified® Bible
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the heads among the people.

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

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

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

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

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

New International Version
You have made us a byword among the nations;
the peoples shake their heads at us.

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

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples.

Revised Standard Version
Thou hast made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

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

New English Translation
You made us¹ an object of ridicule² among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.³