Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood. New Living Translation They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder. English Standard Version they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. Berean Standard Bible They 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. King James Bible And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. New King James Version And 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. New American Standard Bible And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was defiled with the blood. NASB 1995 And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with the blood. NASB 1977 And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with the blood. Legacy Standard Bible And they shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with the blood. Amplified Bible And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with their blood. Christian Standard Bible They shed innocent blood — the blood of their sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; so the land became polluted with blood. Holman Christian Standard Bible They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; so the land became polluted with blood. American Standard Version And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was defiled with blood. Brenton Septuagint Translation and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan; and the land was defiled with blood. Contemporary English Version and to the gods of Canaan. Then they poured out the blood of these innocent children and made the land filthy. Douay-Rheims Bible And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood, English Revised Version And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood. GOD'S WORD® Translation They shed innocent blood, the blood of their own sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land became polluted with blood. Good News Translation They killed those innocent children, and the land was defiled by those murders. International Standard Version They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters— whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, thereby polluting the land with blood. JPS Tanakh 1917 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood. Literal Standard Version And they shed innocent blood—Blood of their sons and of their daughters, | Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, | And the land is profaned with blood. Majority Standard Bible They 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. New American Bible Shedding innocent blood, the blood of their own sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, desecrating the land with bloodshed. NET Bible They shed innocent blood--the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted by bloodshed. New Revised Standard Version they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood. New Heart English Bible They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood. Webster's Bible Translation And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. World English Bible They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood. Young's Literal Translation And they shed innocent blood -- Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good…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. 39They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.… Cross References Numbers 35:33 Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. 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, Psalm 16:4 Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips. Psalm 94:21 They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. Isaiah 24:5 The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. Isaiah 57:5 who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? Jeremiah 2:7 I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable. Treasury of Scripture And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. shed Deuteronomy 21:9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. 2 Kings 21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. 2 Kings 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. the land Numbers 35:33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. Isaiah 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Isaiah 26:21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. Jump to Previous Blood Canaan Daughters Desecrated Idols Images Innocent Offering Polluted Poured Profaned Sacrificed Shed WrongJump to Next Blood Canaan Daughters Desecrated Idols Images Innocent Offering Polluted Poured Profaned Sacrificed Shed WrongPsalm 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 (38) Innocent blood.--Human sacrifice, and especially that of children, was a Canaanite practice. It seems to have been inherent in Phoenician custom, for Carthage was, two centuries after Christ, notorious for it. (See Sil. Ital., iv. 767.)Verse 38. - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters. Infants, who could have committed no actual sin, were the ordinary victims in the Moloch sacrifices (see Jarchi on Jeremiah 7:31; Diod. Sic., 20:14; Dollinger, 'Judenthum und Heidenthum,' 1:427, Engl. trans.). Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan. Bloody offerings of this horrible kind were made, not only to Moloch, but also to Baal (Jeremiah 19:5), to Chemosh (2 Kings 3:27), and perhaps to other deities. And the land was polluted with blood. Contrary to the commandment given in Deuteronomy 35:33, "Ye shall not pollute the laud wherein ye are." The "innocent blood" shed in the land is often declared to have been the especial cause of God's anger against Israel, and of his final casting away of his inheritance (2 Kings 24:4; Isaiah 59:7; Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 22:3, 17, etc.). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They shedוַיִּֽשְׁפְּכ֨וּ (way·yiš·pə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out innocent נָקִ֡י (nā·qî) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5355: Clean, free from, exempt blood— דָ֪ם (ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed the blood דַּם־ (dam-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed of their sons בְּנֵ֘יהֶ֤ם (bə·nê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son and daughters, וּֽבְנוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם (ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1323: A daughter whom אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that they sacrificed זִ֭בְּחוּ (zib·bə·ḥū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice to the idols לַעֲצַבֵּ֣י (la·‘ă·ṣab·bê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6091: An, image of Canaan, כְנָ֑עַן (ḵə·nā·‘an) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan and the land הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land was polluted וַתֶּחֱנַ֥ף (wat·te·ḥĕ·nap̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2610: To be polluted or profane with blood. בַּדָּמִֽים׃ (bad·dā·mîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed Links Psalm 106:38 NIVPsalm 106:38 NLT Psalm 106:38 ESV Psalm 106:38 NASB Psalm 106:38 KJV Psalm 106:38 BibleApps.com Psalm 106:38 Biblia Paralela Psalm 106:38 Chinese Bible Psalm 106:38 French Bible Psalm 106:38 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 106:38 They shed innocent blood even the blood (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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