Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
Holman Bible
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
International Standard Version
Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.
A Conservative Version
Thus they were defiled with their works, and played the harlot in their doings.
American Standard Version
Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.
Amplified
In this way they became unclean in their practices;
They played the prostitute in their own deeds [by giving their worship, which belongs to God alone, to other “gods”].
Darby Translation
And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will be defiled with their works: and they will commit fornication in their doings.
King James 2000
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and played the harlot with their own deeds.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they became unclean by their works, and were unfaithful in their deeds.
Modern King James verseion
And they were defiled with their works, and went lusting in their doings.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus were they stained with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
NET Bible
They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions.
New Heart English Bible
Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
The Emphasized Bible
And they became unclean by their works, and became unchaste in their doings.
Webster
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went astray with their own inventions.
World English Bible
Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.
Themes
Adultery » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
Defilement » Who defiles the land
journey of israel through the Desert » Marked by constant murmurings and rebellions
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Adultery of
Sacrifice » The reward for sacrificing your children
Sins » National » The jews, characterized as an adulteress
Interlinear
Ma`aseh
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 106:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To Yahweh For His Faithfulness In Israel's History
38 And gave the blood of their sons and their daughters who had done no wrong, offering them to the images of Canaan; and the land was made unclean with blood. 39 So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires. 40 Then the wrath of the Lord was burning against his people, and he was angry with his heritage.
Phrases
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:18
And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or keep their orders or make yourselves unclean with their images:
Leviticus 17:7
And let them make no more offerings to evil spirits, after which they have gone, turning away from the Lord. Let this be a law to them for ever, through all their generations.
Numbers 15:39
So that, looking on these ornaments, you may keep in mind the orders of the Lord and do them; and not be guided by the desires of your hearts and eyes, through which you have been untrue to me:
Ezekiel 20:30-31
For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Are you making yourselves unclean as your fathers did? are you being untrue to me by going after their disgusting works?
Exodus 34:16
Or take their daughters for your sons; for when their daughters give worship before their gods, they will make your sons take part with them.
Leviticus 20:5-6
Then my face will be turned against him and his family, and he and all those who do evil with him will be cut off from among their people.
Isaiah 24:5-6
The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken.
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.
Jeremiah 3:1-2
They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:6-9
And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what Israel, turning away from me, has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every branching tree, acting like a loose woman there.
Ezekiel 16:15-63
But you put your faith in the fact that you were beautiful, acting like a loose woman because you were widely talked of, and offering your cheap love to everyone who went by, whoever it might be.
Ezekiel 20:43
And there, at the memory of your ways and of all the things you did to make yourselves unclean, you will have bitter hate for yourselves because of all the evil things you have done.
Ezekiel 23:3-49
They were acting like loose women in Egypt; when they were young their behaviour was loose: there their breasts were crushed, even the points of their young breasts were crushed.
Hosea 9:1
Have no joy, O Israel, and do not be glad like the nations; for you have been untrue to your God; your desire has been for the loose woman's reward on every grain-floor.
Revelation 17:1-6
And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels came and said to me, Come here, so that you may see the judging of the evil woman who is seated on the great waters;