Psalms 106:19

What does Psalms 106:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 106:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;

Context

v.18And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.

v.19This passage

v.20Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 9:21

    And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

  • Deuteronomy 9:12

    And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

  • Exodus 32:35

    And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

  • Deuteronomy 9:8

    Also in Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you to destroy you.

  • Nehemiah 9:18

    Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

  • Exodus 32:4

    And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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