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Psalms 106:37

What does Psalms 106:37 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 106:37 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded fruit of birth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

Context

v.36And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.

v.37This passage

v.38And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.

Cross references

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

  • Leviticus 17:7

    And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the he-goats, after which they play the harlot. This shall be a statute forever unto them throughout their generations.

  • Deuteronomy 18:10

    There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

  • Ezekiel 23:37

    For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass through the fire unto them to be devoured.

  • 2 Kings 16:3

    But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel.

  • Ezekiel 20:26

    and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.

  • 2 Chronicles 11:15

    and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.

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