Psalms 106:20

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC105:20

And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.

GNV

Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a bullocke, that eateth grasse.

JPS

Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

LXXE105:20

and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

וַיָּמִ֥ירוּ אֶת־כְּבוֹדָ֑ם בְּתַבְנִ֥ית שׁ֝֗וֹר אֹכֵ֥ל עֵֽשֶׂב׃

LXX-Br105:20

Καὶ ἠλλάξαντο τὴν δόξαν αὐτῶν ἐν ὁμοιώματι μόσχου ἔσθοντος χόρτον.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
• Romans 1:22–23Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
• Exodus 20:4–5You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous…
• Isaiah 40:18–25To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him? To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that…
• Psalms 89:17For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

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