Lamentations 3:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.”
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BSBPD
“I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:14 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 4:2before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
- Job 30:1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
- Job 30:9And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
- Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
- Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
- Psalms 44:13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 69:11I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
- Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
- Psalms 137:3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
- Jeremiah 20:7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
- Jeremiah 48:27Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
- Lamentations 3:63When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
- Matthew 27:39And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
- 1 Corinthians 4:9For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
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