Psalms 44 · Verse 14

Psalms 44:14

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Psalms 44:14, King James Version

Psalms 44:14 in other translations

BSBYou have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
WEBYou make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
ASVThou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
YLTThou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
DARBYThou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
BBEOur name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.
WebsterThou makest us a by-word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

What does Psalms 44:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 44:13-14

13-14. (Compare De 28:37; Psa 79:4).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Thou makest us a byword - We are evidently abandoned by thee, and are become so very miserable in consequence, that we are a proverb among the people: "See the Hebrews! see their misery and wretchedness! see how low the wrath of God has brought down an offending people!" And the worst curse that can be imprecated against a wicked nation is: "Mayest thou become as wretched as the Jews;" or as the old Psalter: Thou has seet us reprove til our neghburs: scornyng and hethyng til tha that er in our umgang. That es, gref, tourment that es of our neghburs, and that hethyng es noght sone gave or passand, that we suffer of tha, that er al aboute us. When men sais so byfal ye, als byfel him."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 44:9-16

The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people of God will be ready to fear that he has cast them off, and that his name and truth will be dishonoured. But they should look above the instruments of their trouble, to God, well knowing that their worst enemies have no power against them, but what is permitted from above.

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Psalms 44:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּte.si.Me.nuyou have made usH7760
מָ֭שָׁלMa.shola bywordH4912
בַּגּוֹיִ֑םba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471
מְנֽוֹד\־me.nod-a shaking ofH4493
רֹ֝֗אשׁRoshheadH7218
בָּלְאֻמִּים\׃ba.le'u.Mimamong the peoplesH3816

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 44:14

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 28:37

    And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

  • 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.

  • 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? All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

  • Psalms 22:7

    All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

  • 2 Chronicles 7:20

    Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

  • Psalms 109:25

    I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

  • 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.

  • 1 Kings 9:7

    Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
by-word.
De 28:37; 1Ki 9:7; 2Ch 7:20; Jer 24:9
shaking.
22:7; 2Ki 19:21; Job 16:4; Isa 37:22; La 2:15-17

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Context

  • Psalms 44:13

    Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

  • Psalms 44:14

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

  • Psalms 44:15

    My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

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Psalms 44:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Pusístenos por proverbio entre las gentes, por movimiento de cabeza en los pueblos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu nous as mis en opprobre chez nos voisins, en risée et en raillerie auprès de nos alentours;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Du machtest uns zum Sprichwort unter den Nationen, zum Kopfschütteln unter den Völkerschaften.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Omnis gloria ejus filiæ regis ab intus, in fimbriis aureis,