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Psalms 79:4

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

KJV

Deus, converte nos, et ostende faciem tuam, et salvi erimus.

Vulgate

ὁ θεός, ἐπίστρεψον ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπίφανον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου, καὶ σωθησόμεθα.

LXX

We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

ASV

הָיִ֣ינוּ חֶ֭רְפָּה לִ/שְׁכֵנֵ֑י/נוּ לַ֥עַג וָ֝/קֶ֗לֶס לִ/סְבִיבוֹתֵֽי/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חֶרְפַּ֥ת
chrpt
noun · 70×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
לַּ֥עַג
l'g
noun · 7×
נוּ
nv
adjective · 21×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
קֶ֗לֶס
qls
noun · 3×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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Cross-references

  • Dan 9:16 — O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our
  • Ezek 36:4 — Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the citi
  • Isa 43:28 — Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
  • Jer 51:51 — We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’s house.
  • Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over
  • Lam 1:7 — Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her:
  • Lam 5:1 — Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
  • Lam 5:1 — Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
  • Neh 2:17 — Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a
  • Ps 30:1 — I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
  • Ps 39:8 — Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
  • Ps 44:13 — Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
  • Ps 80:6 — Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
  • Ps 80:6 — Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
  • Ps 89:41 — All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
  • Ps 89:41 — All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
  • Zech 8:13 — And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.