God’s Word Translation
Psalms 106:6
6We have sinned, and so did our ancestors. We have done wrong. We are guilty.
Psalms 106:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
- New International Version (NIV)We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, We have done wickedly.
Context of Psalms 106:6
4Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people. Come to help me with your salvation 5so that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, find joy in our people’s happiness, and brag with the people who belong to you. We have sinned, and so did our ancestors. We have done wrong. We are guilty. 7When our ancestors were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles. They did not remember your numerous acts of mercy, so they rebelled at the sea, the Red Sea. 8He saved them because of his reputation so that he could make his mighty power known.
Read all of Psalms 106Psalms 106:6 word by word
חָטָ֥אנוּ עִם־אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ הֶעֱוִ֥ינוּ הִרְשָֽׁעְנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 106:6
- Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation. Their hearts were not loyal. Their spirits were not faithful to God.
- Leviticus 26:40“But if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors—the treacherous things they did to oppose me—
- Numbers 32:14“You’re just like your parents! You’re a bunch of sinners trying to make the Lord angry with Israel again.
- 1 Kings 8:47If they come to their senses, are sorry for what they’ve done, and plead with you in the land where they are captives, saying, ‘We have sinned. We have done wrong. We have been wicked,’
- Ezra 9:6and said, “I am ashamed, my God. I am embarrassed to look at you. Our sins have piled up over our heads, and our guilt is so overwhelming that it reaches heaven.
- Nehemiah 9:16But they—our own ancestors—acted arrogantly. They became stubborn and wouldn’t obey your commands.
- Daniel 9:5We have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from your commandments and laws.
- Matthew 23:32Go ahead, finish what your ancestors started!
- Acts 7:51“How stubborn can you be? How can you be so heartless and disobedient? You’re just like your ancestors. They always opposed the Holy Spirit, and so do you!
Commentaries on Psalms 106:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6We have sinned - Here the confession begins; what preceded was only the introduction to what follows: Our forefathers sinned, and suffered; we, like them, have sinned, and do suffer.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6We have sinned with our fathers - We have sinned as “they” did; we have followed their example. The illustration of the manner in which the nation had sinned occupies a considerable part of the remainder of the psalm; and the idea here is, that, in the generation in which the psalmist lived, there had been the manifestation of the same rebellious spirit which had so remarkably characterized the entire nation. The “connection” of this with the foregoing…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 6-12 Here begins a confession of sin; for we must acknowledge that the Lord has done right, and we have done wickedly. We are encouraged to hope that though justly corrected, yet we shall not be utterly forsaken. God's afflicted people own themselves guilty before him. God is distrusted because his favours are not remembered. If he did not save us for his own name's sake, and to the praise of his power and grace, we should all perish.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The story of Israel's redemption includes their sinful actions from the time of their ancestors to now (Psalm 106:43). The themes of sin and God's anger towards sin start and end Book Four (Psalms 90:1–9; 106:6, 23, 43).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Compare 1Ki 8:47; Da 9:5, where the same three verbs occur in the same order and connection, the original of the two later passages being the first one, the prayer of Solomon in dedicating the temple. sinned ... fathers--like them, and so partaking of their guilt. The terms denote a rising gradation of sinning (compare Psa 1:1). with our fathers--we and they together forming one mass of corruption.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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