Psalms 106:20
18 Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
21 They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
- KJV
- Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
- WEB
- Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.
- ASV
- Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
- DARBY
- And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
- BLB
- And they exchanged their Glory for the image of an ox eating grass.
- ÅB
- og de byttet sin ære[^1] mot bildet av en okse, som spiser gress.
- OTB
- De byttet bort sin ære
mot bildet av en okse som eter gress. - B1930
- og de byttet sin ære mot billedet av en okse, som eter gress. / < 5MO 10, 21.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 2:11
Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
Read in contextRomans 1:22–23
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
Read in contextExodus 20:4–5
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
Read in contextPsalms 89:17
For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:18–25
To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
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