Jeremiah 48:27

Jeremiah 48:27 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

27Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?

Was she caught among thieves,

that you shake your head in scorn

whenever you speak of her?

27Now was Israel not a laughingstock to you? Or was he caught among thieves? For whenever you speak about him you shake your head in scorn.

27For was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he caught among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head in scorn.

27Was not Israel your object of ridicule?

Was he ever found among thieves?

For whenever you speak of him

you shake your head.

27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.

27For diddest not thou deride Israel, as though he had bene found among theeues? for when thou speakest of him, thou art moued.

27For wasn’t Israel a derision to you?

Was he found among thieves?

For as often as you speak of him,

you shake your head.

27Moab, you laughed at Israel, didn’t you?

Were Israel’s people caught among robbers?

Is that why you shake your head at them?

Is that why you make fun of them

every time you talk about them?

27You people of Moab laughed at my people, the Israelites.

Why did you insult them?

You said that they were no better than a group of robbers.

27And was Israel not the derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For since your words concerning him, || You bemoan yourself.