Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods. New Living Translation They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons. English Standard Version They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons; Berean Standard Bible They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. King James Bible Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, New King James Version They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons, New American Standard Bible They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons, NASB 1995 They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons, NASB 1977 They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons, Legacy Standard Bible They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons, Amplified Bible They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons Christian Standard Bible They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. Holman Christian Standard Bible They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. American Standard Version Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, Contemporary English Version They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons English Revised Version Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, GOD'S WORD® Translation They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. Good News Translation They offered their own sons and daughters as sacrifices to the idols of Canaan. International Standard Version They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. Majority Standard Bible They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. NET Bible They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. New Heart English Bible Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. Webster's Bible Translation Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons, World English Bible Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd they sacrifice their sons and their daughters to the demons, Young's Literal Translation And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers, Smith's Literal Translation And they will sacrifice their sons and their daughters to lords. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible They sacrificed to demons their own sons and daughters, New Revised Standard Version They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated For they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, Brenton Septuagint Translation And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good…36They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. 37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. 38They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.… Cross References Leviticus 18:21 You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. Deuteronomy 18:10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery, 2 Kings 17:17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. 2 Kings 21:6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. 2 Chronicles 28:3 Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. 2 Chronicles 33:6 He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. Jeremiah 7:31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind. Jeremiah 19:4-5 because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. / They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind. Jeremiah 32:35 They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin. Ezekiel 16:20-21 You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough? / You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols. Ezekiel 20:31 When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you! Ezekiel 23:37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols. Micah 6:7 Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? Acts 7:42-43 But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? / You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’ Romans 1:21-23 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although 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. Treasury of Scripture Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils, they sacrificed. Deuteronomy 12:30,31 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise… Deuteronomy 18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 2 Kings 16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. devils Leviticus 17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. Deuteronomy 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 2 Chronicles 11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. Jump to Previous Daughters Demons Destroyers Devils Evil Offerings Sacrifice Sacrificed SpiritsJump to Next Daughters Demons Destroyers Devils Evil Offerings Sacrifice Sacrificed SpiritsPsalm 106 1. The psalmist exhorts to praise God4. He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers 7. The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy 47. He concludes with prayer and praise They sacrificed The Hebrew root for "sacrificed" is "זָבַח" (zabach), which means to slaughter or offer a sacrifice. In the ancient Near Eastern context, sacrifice was a common religious practice, often intended to appease deities or seek favor. However, the act described here is a perversion of the sacrificial system ordained by God, highlighting a grave departure from His commandments. The Israelites, chosen to be a holy nation, were engaging in practices that were abominable to the Lord, reflecting a deep spiritual decline and rebellion against God's covenant. their sons and their daughters to demons The Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew word became in Spain the Cid, and exists still in the Moorish sidi, i.e., "my lord." Verse 37. - Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils. The Moloch sacrifices of children by their parents are evidently intended (comp. Leviticus 18:21; Deuteronomy 18:10; 2 Kings 3:27; Jeremiah 7:31; Ezekiel 23:37, etc.). (For the identification of the false gods of the heathen with "devils," comp. Leviticus 17:71; Deuteronomy 32:17; 2 Chronicles 11:15; 1 Corinthians 10:20, 21.) It is argued by some that the use of the word "devils," or "demons," here does not imply that the objects of the worship were evil spirits. But it is difficult to see what else can be meant.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They sacrificedוַיִּזְבְּח֣וּ (way·yiz·bə·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice their sons בְּ֭נֵיהֶם (bə·nê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son and וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case their daughters בְּנֽוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם (bə·nō·w·ṯê·hem) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1323: A daughter to demons. לַשֵּֽׁדִים׃ (laš·šê·ḏîm) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7700: Probably demon Links Psalm 106:37 NIVPsalm 106:37 NLT Psalm 106:37 ESV Psalm 106:37 NASB Psalm 106:37 KJV Psalm 106:37 BibleApps.com Psalm 106:37 Biblia Paralela Psalm 106:37 Chinese Bible Psalm 106:37 French Bible Psalm 106:37 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 106:37 Yes they sacrificed their sons and their (Psalm Ps Psa.) |