Psalm 16:4 “Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour o…”

Psalm 16:4

Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

World English Bible

Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.

American Standard Version

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for another god: Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take their names upon my lips.

Geneva Bible 1599

The sorowes of them, that offer to an other god, shall be multiplied: their offerings of blood will I not offer, neither make mention of their names with my lips.

Darby Translation

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, and I will not take up their names into my lips.

Young's Literal Translation

Multiplied are their griefs, [Who] have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.

Bible in Basic English

Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips.

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Cross references

“Their”

Psalm 32:10 Psalm 97:7 Jonah 2:8 Revelation 14:9–11 Revelation 18:4 Revelation 18:5

Psalm 32:10 · BSB

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.

Psalm 97:7 · BSB

All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

Jonah 2:8 · BSB

Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.

Revelation 14:9–11 · BSB

And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,

Revelation 18:4 · BSB

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

Revelation 18:5 · BSB

For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

“drink”

Isaiah 57:6 Genesis 35:14 Leviticus 23:13 Isaiah 65:11 Isaiah 66:3 Jeremiah 7:18

Isaiah 57:6 · BSB

Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?

Genesis 35:14 · BSB

So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.

Leviticus 23:13 · BSB

along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—a food offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.

Isaiah 65:11 · BSB

But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,

Isaiah 66:3 · BSB

Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is li…

Jeremiah 7:18 · BSB

The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

“take”

Exodus 23:13 Joshua 23:7 Hosea 2:16 Hosea 2:17

Exodus 23:13 · BSB

Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

Joshua 23:7 · BSB

So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.

Hosea 2:16 · BSB

In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’

Hosea 2:17 · BSB

For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.

Also

Psalm 106:37–38

Psalm 106:37–38 · BSB

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

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

In context

3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.

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