Psalms 106 · Verse 26

Psalms 106:26

Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
Psalms 106:26, King James Version

Psalms 106:26 in other translations

BSBSo He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
WEBTherefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
ASVTherefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
YLTAnd He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,
DARBYAnd he lifted up his hand to them, that he would make them fall in the wilderness;
BBESo he made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land:
WebsterTherefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

What does Psalms 106:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 106:24-27

24-27. The sin of refusing to invade Canaan, "the pleasant land" (Jr 3:19; Eze 20:6; Da 8:9), "the land of beauty," was punished by the destruction of that generation (Nu 14:28), and the threat of dispersion (De 4:25; 28:32) afterwards made to their posterity, and fulfilled in the great calamities now bewailed, may have also been then added. despised--(Nu 14:31). believed not his word--by which He promised He would…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 106:13-33

Those that will not wait for God's counsel, shall justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even for lawful things, becomes sinful. God showed his displeasure for this. He filled them with uneasiness of mind, terror of conscience, and self-reproach. Many that fare deliciously every day, and whose bodies are healthful, have leanness in their souls: no love to God…

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Psalms 106:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשָּׂ֣אvai.yi.Sa'and he raisedH5375
יָד֣וֹya.Dohand hisH3027
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto them
לְהַפִּ֥ילle.ha.Pilto make fallH5307
א֝וֹתָ֗ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר\׃ba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057

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Cross references for Psalms 106:26

  • Ezekiel 20:15

    Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

  • Numbers 14:28-35

    Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. …

  • Psalms 95:11

    Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

  • Hebrews 3:11

    So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

  • Deuteronomy 1:34-35

    And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

  • Hebrews 3:18

    And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

  • Exodus 6:8

    And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.

  • Revelation 10:5-6

    And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

  • Genesis 14:22-23

    And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

  • Deuteronomy 32:40-42

    For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

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Therefore.
95:11; Nu 14:28-35; De 1:34,35; Heb 3:11,18
lifted.
Ge 14:22,23; Ex 6:8; De 32:40-42; Eze 20:15; Re 10:5,6

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Context

  • Psalms 106:25

    But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

  • Psalms 106:26

    Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

  • Psalms 106:27

    To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

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Psalms 106:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por lo que alzó su mano á ellos, en orden á postrarlos en el desierto,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il jura à leur sujet qu’il les ferait tomber dans le désert,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da schwur er ihnen, sie niederzuschlagen in der Wüste,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ascendunt usque ad cælos, et descendunt usque ad abyssos; anima eorum in malis tabescebat.