Psalm 78:3–4

3 They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them.

4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — New International Version (2011) (NIV)

3 They have poured out blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there is no one to bury the dead.

4 We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,

of scorn and derision to those around us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

3 They have poured out their blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there was no one to bury them.

4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors,

mocked and derided by those around us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

3 Their blood have they shed like water

Round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours,

A scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

3 Blood has flowed like water all around Jerusalem;

no one is left to bury the dead.

4 We are mocked by our neighbors,

an object of scorn and derision to those around us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

3 Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem,

And there was no one to bury them.

4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors,

A scorn and derision to those who are around us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

3 They have spilled blood like water all around Jerusalem.

No one was left to bury the dead.

4 We are a joke to the other nations;

they laugh and make fun of us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem;

And there was none to bury them.

4 We are become a reproach to our neighbors,

A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

3 They have shed the blood of your people around Jerusalem

as though it were water.

There is no one to bury your people.

4 We have become a disgrace to our neighbors,

an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

3 They poured out their blood

like water all around Jerusalem,

and there was no one to bury them.

4 We have become an object of reproach

to our neighbors,

a source of mockery and ridicule

to those around us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition (NRSVue)

3 They have poured out their blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there was no one to bury them.

4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors,

mocked and derided by those around us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

3 They have poured out their blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there was none to bury them.

4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors,

a derision and a scorn to those around us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

3 They have poured out the blood of your people like water

all around Jerusalem.

No one is left to bury the dead.

4 We are something our neighbors joke about.

The nations around us laugh at us and make fun of us.

Psalm 78:3–4 — New American Standard Bible (1995) (NASB95)

3 They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem;

And there was no one to bury them.

4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors,

A scoffing and derision to those around us.

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