诗篇 44:14

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

你使我們在列國中成為話柄，在萬民中使人搖頭。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 使 我 们 在 列 邦 中 作 了 笑 谈 ， 使 众 民 向 我 们 摇 头 。

Contextual Overview

⁹ But you have rejected us and shamed us. You don't march with our armies anymore. ¹⁰ You let our enemies push us back, and those who hate us have taken our wealth. ¹¹ You gave us away like sheep to be eaten and have scattered us among the nations. ¹² You sold your people for nothing and made no profit on the sale. ¹³ You made us a joke to our neighbors; those around us laugh and make fun of us. ¹⁴ You made us a joke to the other nations; people shake their heads. ¹⁵ I am always in disgrace, and I am covered with shame. ¹⁶ My enemy is getting even with insults and curses.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

byword: Deuteronomy 28:37, 1 Kings 9:7, 2 Chronicles 7:20, Jeremiah 24:9

shaking: Psalms 22:7, 2 Kings 19:21, Job 16:4, Isaiah 37:22, Lamentations 2:15-17

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:9 - mocking Nehemiah 2:19 - they Nehemiah 4:1 - mocked Job 17:6 - a byword Job 30:9 - am I Psalms 13:2 - exalted Psalms 69:11 - I became Psalms 79:4 - become Psalms 80:6 - our enemies Jeremiah 18:16 - shall be Jeremiah 33:24 - thus Lamentations 3:46 - have Ezekiel 14:8 - a sign Ezekiel 22:4 - have I Ezekiel 36:3 - and ye Joel 2:17 - rule over them Zechariah 8:13 - a curse

Cross-References

Genesis 43:16
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant in charge of his house, "Bring those men into my house. Kill an animal and prepare a meal. Those men will eat with me today at noon."

Genesis 43:25
The men prepared their gift to give to Joseph when he arrived at noon, because they had heard they were going to eat with him there.

Genesis 44:7
But the brothers said to the servant, "Why do you say these things? We would not do anything like that!

Genesis 44:10
The servant said, "We will do as you say, but only the man who has taken the cup will become my slave. The rest of you may go free."

Genesis 44:11
Then every brother quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

Genesis 50:18
And his brothers went to him and bowed low before him and said, "We are your slaves."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou makest us a byword among the Heathen,.... Among the Papists, as the Jews were among the Gentiles, Deuteronomy 28:37; calling them schismatics, heretics, fanatics, and what not?

a shaking of the head among the people; by way of indignation, scorn, and contempt; see Psalms 22:7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou makest us a byword among heathen - The word rendered “by-word” - משׁל mâshâl - means properly a similitude or parable; then, a sententious saying, and apophthegm; then, a proverb; then, a song or verse, particularly a satirical song, or a song of derision. The idea here is, that they were made a proverb, or were referred to as a striking instance of the divine abandonment, or as something marked to which the nations might and did refer as an example of calamity, judgment, misfortune, failure; a warning to all. See Deuteronomy 28:37.

A shaking of the head among the people - An occasion for the shaking of the head, in derision and scorn. Compare the notes at Psalms 22:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 44:14. 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."