Psalms 106:28

What does Psalms 106:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 106:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They joined themselves also unto Baal–peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And they were joined to Baal-peor, and took part in the offerings to the dead.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And they are coupled to Baal-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;

Context

v.27And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.

v.28This passage

v.29Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.

Cross references

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

  • Numbers 25:1

    And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:

  • Jeremiah 10:8

    But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

  • Deuteronomy 32:17

    They sacrificed unto demons, which were no God, To gods that they knew not, To newgodsthat came up of late, Which your fathers dreaded not.

  • Joshua 22:17

    Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of Jehovah,

  • Psalms 115:4

    Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.

  • Deuteronomy 4:3

    Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.

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