Psalms 106:19–20
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
*They made a calfe in Horeb: and worshipped the molten image.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceExo.32.4
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Thus they changed their glory, into the similitude of an oxe that eateth grasse.
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- Exodus 32:35Rank 1 from verse 19
- Exodus 32:4–8Rank 2 from verse 19
4And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord.
6And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
7¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
4*And hee receiued them at their hand, and fashioned it with a grauing toole, after hee had made it a molten calfe: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee vp out of the land of Egypt.
5And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it, and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
6And they rose vp early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings: and the *people sate downe to eate and to drinke, and rose vp to play.
7¶ And the LORD said vnto Moses, *Goe, get thee downe: for thy people which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, haue corrupted themselues.
8*They haue turned aside quickly out of the way which I commaunded them: they haue made them a molten Calfe, and haue worshipped it, and haue sacrificed thereunto, and saide, These bee thy gods, O Israel, which haue brought thee vp out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Corinthians 10:7Rank 3 from verse 19
- Deuteronomy 9:12–16Rank 5 from verse 19
12And the Lord said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
13Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
14Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
15So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
16And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.
12And the LORD said vnto mee, *Arise, get thee downe quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought foorth out of Egypt, haue corrupted themselues: they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they haue made them a molten image.
13Furthermore, the LORD spake vnto me, saying, I haue seene this people, and behold, it is a stifnecked people.
14Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from vnder heauen: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater then they.
15So I turned and came downe from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two Tables of the Couenant were in my two hands.
16And I looked, and behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calfe: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
- Deuteronomy 9:21Rank 6 from verse 19
21And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
21And I tooke your sinne, the calfe which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, euen vntill it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust therof into the brooke that descended out of the mount.
- Deuteronomy 9:8Rank 7 from verse 19
- Nehemiah 9:18Rank 8 from verse 19
From verse 20
- Jeremiah 2:11Rank 1 from verse 20
- Exodus 20:4–5Rank 2 from verse 20
4Thou 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:
5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
4*Thou shalt not make vnto thee any grauen Image, or any likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water vnder the earth.
5Thou shalt not bow downe thy selfe to them, nor serue them: For I the LORD thy God am a iealous God, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate me:
- Romans 1:22–23Rank 3 from verse 20
22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
22Professing themselues to be wise, they became fooles:
23And changed the glory of the vncorruptible *God, into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birdes, and foure footed beasts, and creeping things:
- Isaiah 40:18–25Rank 4 from verse 20
18¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
20He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
24Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
18¶ *To whom then will ye liken God? or what likenesse will ye compare vnto him?
19The workeman melteth a grauen image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it ouer with golde, and casteth siluer chaines.
20†He that is so impouerished that he hath no oblation, chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh vnto him a cunning workeman, to prepare a grauen image that shall not be mooued.
21Haue yee not knowen? haue yee not heard? hath it not beene tolde you from the beginning? haue yee not vnderstood from the foundations of the earth?
22‖* It is he that sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers; that stretcheth out the heauens as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwel in:
23*That bringeth the princes to nothing; hee maketh the Iudges of the earth as vanitie.
24Yea they shal not be planted, yea they shall not be sowen, yea their stocke shall not take roote in the earth: and he shall also blow vpon them, & they shall wither, and the whirlewinde shall take them away as stubble.
25To whom then will ye liken me, or shal I be equall, saith the Holy One?
- Psalms 89:17Rank 5 from verse 20
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Psalms 106:19
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: Melted or made liquid by heat. Sense 2: Cast or formed from melted material.
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A likeness, resemblance, representation, figure, or corresponding form.
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Psalms 106:20
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of change, meaning to make or become different; to alter, exchange, replace, or pass from one state to another.
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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.
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similitude
A likeness, resemblance, form, figure, representation, image, or pattern by which one thing is seen or compared with another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Third-person singular present form of eat, meaning to take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.
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Low green herbage growing from the ground; by extension, plants used for pasture.
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106:18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
106:18*And a fire was kindled in their company: the flame burnt vp the wicked.
106:19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
106:19*They made a calfe in Horeb: and worshipped the molten image.
Selected passage106:20Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
106:20Thus they changed their glory, into the similitude of an oxe that eateth grasse.
Selected passage106:21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
106:21They forgate God their Sauiour: which had done great things in Egypt: