King James Version

Psalms 44:14

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 44:15.

תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּtesimenvputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “put”, an unfinished actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…מָ֭שָׁלmashalbywordמָשָׁלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “byword”, the ordinary formH4912properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)byword, like, parable, proverb.בַּגּוֹיִ֑םbagoyimin Gentileגּוֹיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.מְנֽוֹדmenodshakingמָנוֹדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “shaking”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4493a nodding or toss (of the head in derision)shaking.רֹ֝֗אשׁroshheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “head”, the ordinary formH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.בַּלbalnationלְאֹםparticle, negative — “nation”H3816a communitynation, people.אֻמִּֽיםumimnationלְאֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “nation”, the ordinary formH3816a communitynation, people.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(44-15) Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

World English Bible

You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Darby Translation

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Douay-Rheims

All the glory of the king’s daughter is within in golden borders,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(44-15) Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou hast made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔθου ἡμᾶς εἰς παραβολὴν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, κίνησιν κεφαλῆς ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς.