Psalms 106 · Verse 30

Psalms 106:30

Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
Psalms 106:30, King James Version

Psalms 106:30 in other translations

BSBBut Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
WEBThen Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.
ASVThen stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.
YLTAnd Phinehas standeth, and executeth judgment, And the plague is restrained,
DARBYThen stood up Phinehas and executed judgment, and the plague was stayed;
BBEThen Phinehas got up, and made prayer for them; and the disease went no farther.
WebsterThen stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

What does Psalms 106:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 106:28-30

28-30. sacrifices of the dead--that is, of lifeless idols, contrasted with "the living God" (Jr 10:3-10; compare Psa 115:4-7; 1Co 12:2). On the words, joined themselves to Baal-peor--see Nu 25:2, 3, 5. Baal-peor--that is, the possessor of Peor, the mountain on which Chemosh, the idol of Moab, was worshipped, and at the foot of which Israel at the time lay encamped (Nu 23:28). The name never occurs except in…

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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 106:30 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּעֲמֹ֣דvai.ya.'a.Modand he stood upH5975
פִּֽ֭ינְחָסPin.chosPhinehasH6372
וַיְפַלֵּ֑לvay.fa.Leland he mediatedH6419
וַ֝תֵּעָצַ֗רva.te.'a.Tzarand it was restrainedH6113
הַמַּגֵּפָֽה\׃ha.ma.ge.Fahthe plagueH4046

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 106:30

  • Numbers 25:6-8

    And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

  • Joshua 7:12

    Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

  • Numbers 25:14-15

    Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites. And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

  • 1 Kings 18:40-41

    And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

  • Jonah 1:12-15

    And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. Wherefore they cried unto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee. So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

  • Deuteronomy 13:9-11

    But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

  • Deuteronomy 13:15-17

    Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Nu 25:6-8,14,15; De 13:9-11,15-17; Jos 7:12; 1Ki 18:40,41
Jon 1:12-15

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Context

  • Psalms 106:29

    Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

  • Psalms 106:30

    Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

  • Psalms 106:31

    And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

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Psalms 106:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces se levantó Phinees, é hizo juicio; y se detuvo la plaga.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Alors Phinées se leva, et exécuta le jugement, et la peste fut arrêtée;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da stand Pinehas auf und übte Gericht, und der Plage ward gewehrt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et lætati sunt quia siluerunt; et deduxit eos in portum voluntatis eorum.