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Psalms 106:20
20They turned away from their great God. Instead, they worshipped the statue of a cow, an animal that eats grass!
Psalms 106:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
- New International Version (NIV)They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Thus they changed their glory Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
Context of Psalms 106:20
18Fire burned all their group, and it killed those wicked people. 19At Horeb, the Israelites used gold to make a cow, and they worshipped it. They turned away from their great God. Instead, they worshipped the statue of a cow, an animal that eats grass! 21They forgot the God who had saved them, when he did great miracles in Egypt. 22He had done powerful things in the land of Ham's descendants, and at the shore of the Red Sea. His people forgot about all that!
Read all of Psalms 106Psalms 106:20 word by word
וַיָּמִ֥ירוּ אֶת־כְּבוֹדָ֑ם בְּתַבְנִ֥ית שׁ֝֗וֹר אֹכֵ֥ל עֵֽשֶׂב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 106:20
- Psalms 89:17You give strength and glory to your people. Because you are kind to us, we win against our enemies.
- Jeremiah 2:11Have any other nations turned against their gods? No! They have not done that, even to their false gods! But my people have turned against me, the true God who makes them great.’
- Romans 1:22They said that they were wise, but really they became fools.
- Exodus 20:4You must not make any idol for yourself. Do not make a false god in the shape of anything that is in the sky above. Do not make one in the shape of anything on the earth or in the sea.
- Isaiah 40:18You cannot find anyone else who is like God. There is no image that you can make to be like him.
Commentaries on Psalms 106:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Thus they changed their glory - That is, their God, who was their glory; and they worshipped an ox in his stead. See the use St Paul makes of this, Romans 1:23; (note); see also the note there. The incorruptible God was thus served by all the heathen world.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Thus they changed their glory - Their true glory - the proper object of worship - God. Compare the notes at Romans 1:23. They “exchanged” that as an object of worship for the image of an ox. Into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass - Into the likeness of an ox. That is, They worshipped God under that image. The circumstance of its “eating grass” is added to show the absurdity of the act. Instead of worshipping God - an independent Being, who does…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-33Verses 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, no thankfulness, no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-23they … worshiped a molten image: The people forgot their Savior and worshiped idols (see Exodus 32:1–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2319-23. From indirect setting God at naught, they pass to direct. made--though prohibited in Ex 20:4, 5 to make a likeness, even of the true God. calf--called so in contempt. They would have made an ox or bull, but their idol turned out but a calf; an imitation of the divine symbols, the cherubim; or of the sacred bull of Egyptian idolatry. The idolatry was more sinful in view of their recent experience of God's power in Egypt and His wonders at Sinai (Ex…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 106
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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