Psalms 44:14 · KJV
“Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.”
— Psalms 44:14
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
My confusion {is} continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Psalms 44 — Context
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase {thy wealth} by their price. {for...: Heb. without riches}
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15My confusion {is} continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
Cross References
Jeremiah 24:9
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for {their} hurt, {to be} a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. {to be removed: Heb. for removing, or, vexation}
Lamentations 2:15-17
All that pass by clap {their} hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, {saying, Is} this the city that {men} call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? {by: Heb. by the way}
2 Kings 19:21
This {is} the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, {and} laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Job 16:4
I also could speak as ye {do}: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
Job 17:6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. {aforetime: or, before them}
Deuteronomy 28:37
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
Isaiah 37:22
This {is} the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, {and} laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Psalms 22:7
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, {saying}, {shoot...: Heb. open}