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Psalms 106:37

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons,
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Yea, they offered their sonnes, and their daughters vnto deuils,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Yea they sacrificed their sonnes, and their daughters vnto deuils,
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons,
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils,
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Yea, they sacrificed 2076
{2076} Prime
זָבַח
zabach
{zaw-bakh'}
A primitive root; to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
x853
(0853) Complement
אֵת
'eth
{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
their sons 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
and their daughters 1323
{1323} Prime
בַּת
bath
{bath}
From H1129 (as feminine of H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively).
unto devils, 7700
{7700} Prime
שֵׁד
shed
{shade}
From H7736; a daemon (as malignant).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 106:34-39.


Psalms 106:37

_ _ unto devilsSeptuagint, “demons” (compare 1 Corinthians 10:20), or “evil spirits.”

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 106:34-48.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 106:37

Devils — They did not worship God as they pretended, but devils in their idols; for those spirits, which were supposed by the Heathen idolaters to inhabit in their images, were not good spirits, but evil spirits, or devils.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 106:37

Yea, they sacrificed their (u) sons and their daughters unto devils,

(u) He shows how monstrous a thing idolatry is, which can win us to things abhorring to nature, while God's word cannot obtain small things.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
they sacrificed:
However unnatural and horrid human sacrifices may appear, it is certain, that they did not only exist, but almost universally prevailed in the heathen world, especially among the Canaanites and Phoenicians.
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.
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,
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.
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 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.
Isaiah 57:5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
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.
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.
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?
Ezekiel 20:26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through [the fire] all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I [am] the LORD.
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].
Ezekiel 23:47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

devils:

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.
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.
2 Chronicles 11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
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.
Romans 9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed [it], Why hast thou made me thus?
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Lv 17:7. Dt 12:30; 18:10; 32:17. 2K 16:3; 17:17; 21:6. 2Ch 11:15. Is 57:5. Jr 7:31; 32:35. Ezk 16:20; 20:26; 23:37, 47. Ro 9:20. 1Co 10:20.

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