Psalm 106:39 “They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by…”

Psalm 106:39

They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

World English Bible

Thus they were defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.

American Standard Version

Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus were they steined with their owne woorkes, and went a whoring with their owne inuentions.

Darby Translation

And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.

Young's Literal Translation

And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.

Bible in Basic English

So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.

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Cross references

“defiled”

Ezekiel 20:18 Isaiah 59:3 Ezekiel 20:43 Isaiah 24:5 Isaiah 24:6 Ezekiel 20:30

Ezekiel 20:18 · BSB

In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

Isaiah 59:3 · BSB

For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

Ezekiel 20:43 · BSB

There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.

Isaiah 24:5 · BSB

The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

Isaiah 24:6 · BSB

Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.

Ezekiel 20:30 · BSB

Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?

“went”

Leviticus 17:7 Numbers 15:39 Hosea 9:1 Revelation 17:1–6 Exodus 34:16 Jeremiah 3:6–9

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.’

Numbers 15:39 · BSB

These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

Hosea 9:1 · BSB

Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

Revelation 17:1–6 · BSB

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

Exodus 34:16 · BSB

And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.

Jeremiah 3:6–9 · BSB

Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

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

In context

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.

40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

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