Psalms 106 · Verse 35

Psalms 106:35

But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
Psalms 106:35, King James Version

Psalms 106:35 in other translations

BSBbut they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
WEBbut mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.
ASVBut mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,
YLTAnd mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,
DARBYBut they mingled with the nations, and learned their works;
BBEBut they were joined to the nations, learning their works.
WebsterBut were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

What does Psalms 106:35 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).

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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…

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Psalms 106:35 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּתְעָרְב֥וּvai.yit.'a.re.Vuand they mixed themselvesH6148
בַגּוֹיִ֑םva.go.Yimwith the nationsH1471
וַֽ֝יִּלְמְד֗וּvai.yil.me.Duand they learnedH3925
מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם\׃Ma.'a.sei.Hemdeeds theirH4639

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Cross references for Psalms 106:35

  • Judges 3:5-6

    And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:33

    Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:6

    Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

  • Judges 2:2-3

    And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

  • Judges 1:27-36

    Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth–shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. …

  • Isaiah 2:6

    Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

  • 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.

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But.
Jos 15:63; Jud 1:27-36; 2:2,3
learned.
Isa 2:6; 1Co 5:6; 15:33

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Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 106:36

    And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

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Psalms 106:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Antes se mezclaron con las gentes, y aprendieron sus obras,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais ils se mêlèrent parmi les nations, et ils apprirent leurs œuvres;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie vermischten sich mit den Nationen und lernten ihre Werke;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Posuit desertum in stagna aquarum, et terram sine aqua in exitus aquarum.