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Psalms 109:25

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

KJV

I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.

ASV

וַ/אֲנִ֤י הָיִ֣יתִי חֶרְפָּ֣ה לָ/הֶ֑ם יִ֝רְא֗וּ/נִי יְנִיע֥וּ/ן רֹאשָֽׁ/ם

Hebrew

And I--I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.

YLT

I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
חֶרְפַּ֥ת
chrpt
noun · 70×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
נ֖וּעַ
nv'
verb · 42×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 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.
  • Luke 10:32 — And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
  • Mark 15:29 — And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
  • Matt 27:39 — And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
  • Ps 22:6 — But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
  • Ps 22:7 — All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
  • Ps 69:9 — For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
  • Ps 69:19 — Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
  • Rom 15:3 — For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.