Psalms 106:20 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 106:20

Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

KJV

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ASV

Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

WEB

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

YLT

And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.

DBT

And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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12 verses on the floor

Romans 1:23
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Jeremiah 2:11
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Psalms 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
Romans 1:22–23
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Exodus 20:4–5
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

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The idolatry was more sinful in view of their recent experience of God's power in Egypt and His wonders at Sinai (Ex 32:1-6). Though intending to worship Jehovah under the symbol of the calf, yet as this was incompatible with His nature (De 4:15-17), they in reality gave up Him, and so were given up by Him.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Idolaters are perfectly besotted, and put the greatest disparagement possible both upon God, in representing him by the image of a beast, and upon themselves, in worshipping it when they have so done. That which is here said to be the changing of their glory is explained by St. Paul ( Rom. i.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 106:20JER 2:11 ROM 1:23
PSA 106:20JER 2:11 ISA 37:19
PSA 106:20JER 2:11 JER 16:20
PSA 106:20PSA 89:17 PSA 75:10
PSA 106:20PSA 89:17 PSA 92:10
PSA 106:20JER 2:11 MIC 4:5
PSA 106:20JER 2:11 PSA 115:4
PSA 106:20PSA 89:17 PSA 148:14

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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