Psalms 106 · Verse 34

Psalms 106:34

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:
Psalms 106:34, King James Version

Psalms 106:34 in other translations

BSBThey did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
WEBThey didn’t destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,
ASVThey did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,
YLTThey have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them,
DARBYThey did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them;
BBEThey did not put an end to the peoples, as the Lord had said;
WebsterThey did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

What does Psalms 106:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 106:34-39
34-39. They not only failed to expel the heathen, as God commanded--(Ex 23:32, 33), literally, "said (they should)," but conformed to their idolatries [Psa 106:36], and thus became spiritual adulterers (Psa 73:27).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 106:34-48
The conduct of the Israelites in Canaan, and God's dealings with them, show that the way of sin is down-hill; omissions make way for commissions: when they neglected to destroy the heathen, they learned their works. One sin led to many more, and brought the judgments of God on them. Their sin was, in part, their own punishment. Sinners often see themselves ruined by those who led them into evil. Satan, who is a tempter, will be a tormentor. At length, God showed pity to his people for his covenant's sake. The unchangeableness of God's merciful nature and love to his people, makes him change the course of justice into mercy; and no other change is meant by God's repentance. Our case is awful when the outward church is considered. When nations professing Christianity, are so guilty as we are, no wonder if the Lord brings them low for their sins. Unless there is general and deep repentance, there can be no prospect but of increasing calamities. The psalm concludes with prayer for completing the deliverance of God's people, and praise for the beginning and progress of it. May all the people of the earth, ere long, add their Amen.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 106:34 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.

לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
הִ֭שְׁמִידוּHish.mi.duthey destroyedH8045
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָֽעַמִּ֑יםha.'a.Mimthe peoplesH5971
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834
אָמַ֖ר'a.Marhe had saidH559
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לָהֶֽם\׃la.Hemto them

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Cross references for Psalms 106:34

  • Deuteronomy 7:2

    And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

  • Deuteronomy 7:16

    And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

  • Judges 1:21

    And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

  • Joshua 23:12-13

    Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.

  • Numbers 33:55-56

    But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.

  • Matthew 17:19-20

    Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

  • 1 Samuel 15:22-23

    And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

  • Deuteronomy 7:23-24

    But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

  • 1 Samuel 15:3

    Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

  • Deuteronomy 20:16-17

    But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:

  • Joshua 15:63

    As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

  • Joshua 16:10

    And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
did not.
Jos 15:63; 16:10; 17:12-16; 23:12,13; Jud 1:19,21,27-35
Mt 17:19-21
concerning.
Nu 33:52,55,56; De 7:2,16,23,24; 20:16,17; 1Sa 15:3,22,23

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Context

  • Psalms 106:33

    Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

  • Psalms 106:34

    They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:

  • Psalms 106:35

    But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

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Psalms 106:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No destruyeron los pueblos que Jehová les dijo;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ils ne détruisirent point les peuples, comme l’ Éternel leur avait dit;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sie vertilgten die Völker nicht, wie doch Jehova ihnen gesagt hatte;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		terram fructiferam in salsuginem, a malitia inhabitantium in ea.