Psalm 106:37 “They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.”

Psalm 106:37

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

World English Bible

Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

American Standard Version

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

Geneva Bible 1599

Yea, they offered their sonnes, and their daughters vnto deuils,

Darby Translation

And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

Young's Literal Translation

And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,

Bible in Basic English

They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits,

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Cross references

“they sacrificed”

2 Kings 16:3 2 Kings 17:17 Jeremiah 7:31 Ezekiel 23:37 Deuteronomy 18:10 2 Kings 21:6

2 Kings 16:3 · BSB

Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Kings 17:17 · BSB

They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

Jeremiah 7:31 · BSB

They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.

Ezekiel 23:37 · BSB

For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.

Deuteronomy 18:10 · BSB

Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,

2 Kings 21:6 · BSB

He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

“devils”

Deuteronomy 32:17 Leviticus 17:7 1 Corinthians 10:20 2 Chronicles 11:15 Romans 9:20

Deuteronomy 32:17 · BSB

They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.

Leviticus 17:7 · BSB

They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’

1 Corinthians 10:20 · BSB

No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

2 Chronicles 11:15 · BSB

And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.

Romans 9:20 · BSB

But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

36They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

38They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

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