Psalms 106:27
in Psalms 106to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
KJV
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
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This verse in Psalms 106
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
To overthrow their seed also among the nations - Margin, as in Hebrew, “to make them fall;” to wit, among the surrounding people. The reference here is to the posterity of those who complained and fell in the wilderness. The result of their rebellion and complaining would not terminate with them. It would extend to their posterity, and the rebellion of the fathers would be remembered in distant generations. The overthrow of the nation, and its captivity in Babylon was thus one of the remote consequences of their rebellion in the wilderness.
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
to disperse their offspring among the nations
The threat reaches past the wilderness to exile among the nations, the warning of Leviticus 26:33. Ezekiel 20:23 has this oath almost word for word, an uplifted hand and a people scattered throughout the lands. The prayer of verse 47 asks Him to gather them.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"Then lift He up His hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness" [Psalm 106:26]; "to cast out their seed among the nations: and to scatter them in the lands" [Psalm 106:27].
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Note, Those who despise God's favours, and particularly the pleasant land, forfeit his favours, and will be shut out for ever from the pleasant land. They were guilty of a great sin in the matter of Peor; and this was the sin of the new generation, when they were within a step of Canaan (
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To overthrow their seed also among the nations,.... Their posterity was not overthrown in the wilderness; they were spared to possess the land their fathers despised. This respects later times, as does what follows: and to scatter them in the lands; which Kimchi explains by the discomfiture of them by the Amalekites and Canaanites, when they presumed, contrary to the will of God, to go up to the top of the hill; and by Arad's taking some of them prisoner, afterwards, 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
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
To overthrow--literally, "To make them fall"; alluding to the words (Nu 14:39). among . . . nations . . . lands--The "wilderness" was not more destructive to the fathers (Ps 106:26) than residence among the heathen ("nations") shall be to the children.
The words behind it
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְהַפִּ֣יל | ulehapil | and to make fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| זַ֭רְעָם | zarom | offspring their | H2233 → | 229 times |
| בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם | bagoyim | among the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וּ֝לְזָרוֹתָ֗ם | ulezarotam | and to scatter them | H2219 → | 39 times |
| בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ | baaratzot | among the lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
וּלְהַפִּ֣ילand to make fall
ulehapilH5307 →435 times
זַ֭רְעָםoffspring their
zaromH2233 →229 times
בַּגּוֹיִ֑םamong the nations
bagoyimH1471 →561 times
וּ֝לְזָרוֹתָ֗םand to scatter them
ulezarotamH2219 →39 times
בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃among the lands
baaratzotH776 →2504 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
Psalms 44:11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:27
Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
- Romans 8:36
As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
- Deuteronomy 4:27
Through
Ezekiel 20:23However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:33
But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Leviticus 26:33
Through
Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 20:23
However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
- Zechariah 7:14
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they…
- Ezekiel 22:15
I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.
- Deuteronomy 28:64–66
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
- Ezekiel 20:23
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; 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.