Psalms 106:37
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
Psalms 106:37 in other translations
| BSB | They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. |
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| WEB | Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. |
| ASV | Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, |
| YLT | And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers, |
| DARBY | And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, |
| BBE | They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits, |
| Webster | Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons, |
What does Psalms 106:37 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).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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…
Psalms 106:37 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 106:37
- 2 Kings 17:17
And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
- 2 Kings 16:3
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
- Jeremiah 7:31
And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
- Deuteronomy 32:17
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
- Ezekiel 23:37
That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.
- Deuteronomy 12:30-31
Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
- Leviticus 17:7
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
- Jeremiah 32:35
And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
- 1 Corinthians 10:20
But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
- Ezekiel 16:20-21
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?
- 2 Kings 21:6
And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
- Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 12:30,31; 18:10; 2Ki 16:3; 17:17; 21:6; Isa 57:5; Jer 7:31; 32:35
Eze 16:20,21; 20:26; 23:37,47
devils.
Le 17:7; De 32:17; 2Ch 11:15; 1Co 10:20; Ro 9:20
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Context
- Psalms 106:36
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
- Psalms 106:37
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
- Psalms 106:38
And 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.
Psalms 106:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y sacrificaron sus hijos y sus hijas á los demonios; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils sacrifièrent leurs fils et leurs filles aux démons, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie opferten ihre Söhne und ihre Töchter den Dämonen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et seminaverunt agros et plantaverunt vineas, et fecerunt fructum nativitatis. |