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Psalms 106:39

What does Psalms 106:39 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 106:39 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.

Context

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.

v.39This passage

v.40Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.

Cross references

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

  • Numbers 15:39

    and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot;

  • Revelation 17:1

    And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters;

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 3:6

    Moreover Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

  • Ezekiel 20:43

    And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have polluted yourselves; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

  • Leviticus 20:5

    then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that play the harlot after him, to play the harlot with Molech, from among their people.

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