Psalms 106:29

Psalms 106:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.
• New Living Translation (NLT)They angered the Lord with all these things, so a plague broke out among them.

Context of Psalms 106:29

27make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. 28They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods; they aroused the Lord’s anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them. 30But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked. 31This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

Psalms 106:29 word by word

וַ֭יַּכְעִיסוּ בְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֑ם וַתִּפְרָץ־בָּ֝֗ם מַגֵּפָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• to angerכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707
• with their inventionsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611
• and the plagueמַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · plagueH4046
• brake inפָּרַץpârats · to break throughH6555

Cross-references for Psalms 106:29

• Psalms 106:39They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
• Psalms 99:8Lord our God, you answered them; you were to Israel a forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds.
• Deuteronomy 32:16They made him jealous with their foreign gods and angered him with their detestable idols.
• Ecclesiastes 7:29This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.”
• Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
• Numbers 25:9but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
• 1 Corinthians 10:8We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

Commentaries on Psalms 106:29

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions - The word rendered “inventions” means properly “works; deeds;” then it is used in the sense of “evil” deeds, crimes. And the plague brake in upon them - See Numbers 25:8-9. No less than twenty-four thousand fell in the plague. Numbers 25:9.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. 28-39When the Israelites entered the land, they brought their idol worship with them. Their behavior stayed the same, and they angered the Lord with their actions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3028-30. sacrifices of the dead--that is, of lifeless idols, contrasted with "the living God" (Jr 10:3-10; compare Psa 115:4-7; 1Co 12:2). On the words, joined themselves to Baal-peor--see Nu 25:2, 3, 5. Baal-peor--that is, the possessor of Peor, the mountain on which Chemosh, the idol of Moab, was worshipped, and at the foot of which Israel at the time lay encamped (Nu 23:28). The name never occurs except in connection with that locality and that…Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 106:29

• Anger

In the dictionaries

• Gather
• Leanness
• Mingle
• Open
• Repent
• David
• Hallel
• Intercession
• Molech; Moloch
• Plague

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