Psalms 106:17

“The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Psalms 106:17

The earth opened and swallowed vp Dathan: and couered the company of Abiram.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
- American Standard Version (1901)

The earth opening put an end to Dathan, covering up Abiram and his band.
- Basic English Bible

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;
- Darby Bible

He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
- English Revised Version

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Psalms 106:17

Wesley's Notes for Psalms 106:17


106:15 Souls - Into their bodies. So their inordinate desire of pampering their bodies, was the occasion of destroying them.

106:16 The saint - So called, because he was consecrated by God for that sacred office of the priesthood, in which respect all the priests are said to be holy, #Lev 21:6 |- 8. Hereby he intimates, that their envy and rebellion was not only against Aaron, but against God himself.

106:19 A calf - When they were but just brought out of Egypt by such wonders, and had seen the plagues of God upon the Egyptian idolaters, and when the law of God was but newly delivered to them in such a tremendous manner.


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