Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and played the harlot with their own deeds.
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”].
Bible in Basic English
So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.
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.
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 shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and played the harlot with their own deeds. 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, so much that he abhorred his own inheritance.
Phrases
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:18
But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk you not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
Leviticus 17:7
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto demons, after whom they have played the harlot. This shall be a statute forever unto them throughout their generations.
Numbers 15:39
And it shall be unto you a tassel, that you may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that you seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to follow harlotry:
Ezekiel 20:30-31
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Are you defiled after the manner of your fathers? and commit you harlotry after their abominations?
Exodus 34:16
And you take of their daughters unto your sons, and their daughters go play the harlot after their gods, and make your sons go play the harlot after their gods.
Leviticus 20:5-6
Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that play the harlot with him, to commit harlotry after Molech, from among their people.
Isaiah 24:5-6
The earth also is defiled under its inhabitants; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness.
Jeremiah 3:1-2
They say, If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man's, may he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, says the LORD.
Jeremiah 3:6-9
The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she has gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot.
Ezekiel 16:15-63
But you did trust in your own beauty, and played the harlot because of your renown, and poured out your harlotry on every one that passed by; his it was.
Ezekiel 20:43
And there shall you remember your ways, and all your doings, in which you have been defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.
Ezekiel 23:3-49
And they committed harlotries in Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they handled the breasts of their virginity.
Hosea 9:1
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for you have played the harlot against your God, you have loved for hire upon every threshing floor.
Revelation 17:1-6
And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come here; I will show unto you the judgment of the great harlot that sits upon many waters: