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Psalms 106:36

What does Psalms 106:36 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 106:36 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And they gave worship to images; which were a danger to them:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their habitation.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them:

Context

v.35But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,

v.36This passage

v.37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

Cross references

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

  • Joshua 23:13

    know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

  • Psalms 78:58

    For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

  • Ezekiel 16:15

    But thou didst trust in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by; his it was.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:2

    And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.

  • Judges 10:6

    And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Jehovah, and served him not.

  • Deuteronomy 7:16

    And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

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