Psalms 106:25
in Psalms 106They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
KJV
But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
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This verse in Psalms 106
Commentary
8 notes on this verseBut murmured in their tents. From unbelief to murmuring is a short and natural step; they even fell to weeping when they had the best ground for rejoicing. Murmuring is a great sin and not a mere weakness; it contains within itself unbelief, pride, rebellion, and a whole host of sins. It is a home sin, and is generally practised by complainers "in their tents, "but it is just as evil there as in the streets, and will be quite as grievous to the Lord. And hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
This site's exposition
They despised the pleasant land
on Psalms 106:24-27
They despised the pleasant land and did not believe His promise. That is the spies' report of Numbers 13 and 14, and the grumbling in their tents that followed it. He swore they would fall in the wilderness and their offspring be scattered among the nations.
This site's exposition
They grumbled in their tents
Deuteronomy 1:27 uses the same words for the night after the spies returned, when the people grumbled in their tents that the LORD hated them. The voice of the LORD is His command to go up and take the land. Numbers 14:22 counts ten such tests.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord" [Psalm 106:25]; who strongly forbade them to murmur.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Those that will not wait for God's counsel shall justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. Many of their sins are here mentioned, together with the tokens of God's displeasure which they fell under for those sins.
But murmured in their tents,.... Throughout their tents; the murmuring was general; they murmured often; but what is here referred to seems to be their murmuring upon the report of the spies, Num 14:
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
28:32) afterwards made to their posterity, and fulfilled in the great calamities now bewailed, may have also been then added. despised-- (Nu 14:31). believed not his word--by which He promised He would give them the land; but rather the word of the faithless spies (compare Ps 78:22).
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
But murmured in their tents ... - Num 14:2, Num 14:27. They complained of Moses; they complained of their food; they complained of the hardships of their journey; they complained of God. They did this when “in their tents;” when they had a comfortable home; when safe; when provided for; when under the direct divine protection and care. So people often complain: perhaps oftener when they have “many” comforts than when they have “few.”
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּרָגְנ֥וּ | vaiyeragenu | and they murmured | H7279 → | |
| בְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֑ם | veoholeihem | in tents their | H168 → | 345 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ | shamu | they listened | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּק֣וֹל | bekol | to [the] voice of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיֵּרָגְנ֥וּand they murmured
vaiyeragenuH7279 →
בְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֑םin tents their
veoholeihemH168 →345 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
שָׁ֝מְע֗וּthey listened
shamuH8085 →1159 times
בְּק֣וֹלto [the] voice of
bekolH6963 →506 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hebrews 3:15As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 3:7–8
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
- Psalms 95:7
For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
- Hebrews 10:38
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
- Hebrews 10:29
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of…
- Hebrews 3:7–8
Through
Numbers 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
it leads to
- Hebrews 3:17–18
And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
- Job 19:3
Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
- Genesis 31:7
And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
- Exodus 32:1
Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses…
- Hebrews 3:17–18
Where this verse is studied
About Psalms
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 106; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 5; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.