Parallel Verses
Amplified
Thus they exchanged [the true God who was] their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.
New American Standard Bible
For the image of an ox that eats grass.
King James Version
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Holman Bible
for the image of a grass-eating ox.
International Standard Version
They exchanged their glory with the image of a grass-eating bull.
A Conservative Version
Thus they changed their glory for the likeness of an ox that eats grass.
American Standard Version
Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
Bible in Basic English
And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass.
Darby Translation
And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will change their glory into the likeness of an ox eating grass.
King James 2000
Thus they changed their glory into the image of an ox that eats grass.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [so] they exchanged their glory for an image of an ox that eats grass.
Modern King James verseion
And they changed their Glory into the likeness of an ox that eats grass.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a calf, that eateth hay.
NET Bible
They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
New Heart English Bible
Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus changed they my glory, for the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Webster
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
World English Bible
Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.
Youngs Literal Translation
And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.
Themes
journey of israel through the Desert » Marked by constant murmurings and rebellions
Forgetting » The reward for forgetting the lord
Idolatry » Consists in » Worshipping the true God by an image, &c
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 106:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To Yahweh For His Faithfulness In Israel's History
19
They made a calf in Horeb (Sinai)
And worshiped a cast image.
Thus they exchanged [the true God who was] their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.
They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done such great things in Egypt,
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:11
“Has a nation [ever] changed gods
Even though they were not gods [but merely man-made objects]?
But My people have exchanged their Glory (the true God)
For that [man-made idol] which does not benefit [them].
Exodus 20:4-5
“You shall not make for yourself any idol, or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth [as an object to worship].
Psalm 89:17
For You are the glory of their strength [their proud adornment],
And by Your favor our horn is exalted.
Isaiah 40:18-25
To whom then will you liken God?
Or with what likeness will you compare Him?
Romans 1:22-23
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,