Bible verse
You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
Psalm 44:14 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 44.
10 You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
11 You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
12 You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
16 at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
18 Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
KJV
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
ASV
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
ERV
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
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