Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I prayed, "Hear how they make fun of us, O God! Let their ridicule fall on their own heads. Let them be robbed of everything they have, and let them be taken as prisoners to a foreign land. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity. Hear Psalm 123:3,4 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt. . . . despised. 1 Samuel 17:26 And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying: What shall be given to the man that shall kill this Philistine, and shall take away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? Psalm 79:12 And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: the reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. Proverbs 3:34 The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace. Hosea 12:14 Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood shall come upon him, and his Lord will render his reproach unto him. Context The Work is Ridiculed…3Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall. 4Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.5Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.… Cross References Nehemiah 5:9 And I said to them: The thing you do is not good: why walk you not in the fear of our God, that we be not exposed to the reproaches of the Gentiles our enemies? Psalm 79:12 And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: the reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. Psalm 123:3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt. Psalm 123:4 For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud. Lamentations 1:22 Thau. Let all their evil be present before thee: and make vintage of them, as thou hast made vintage of me for all my iniquities: for my sighs are many, and my heart is sorrowful. Jump to Previous Captives Captivity Despised Ear Head Heads Hear Insults Plunder Plundered Prey Prisoners Reproach Shame Spoil Spoiling Taunt Themselves Turn Turned Wasting WordsJump to Next Captives Captivity Despised Ear Head Heads Hear Insults Plunder Plundered Prey Prisoners Reproach Shame Spoil Spoiling Taunt Themselves Turn Turned Wasting WordsLinks Nehemiah 4:4 NIVNehemiah 4:4 NLT Nehemiah 4:4 ESV Nehemiah 4:4 NASB Nehemiah 4:4 Bible Apps Nehemiah 4:4 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 4:4 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 4:4 French Bible Nehemiah 4:4 German Bible Alphabetical: a and are as back captivity despised for Give God heads Hear how in insults land O of on our over own plunder reproach Return their them Turn up us we OT History: Nehemiah 4:4 Hear our God (Neh Ne) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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