King James Version

Psalms 106:20

Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

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וַיָּמִ֥ירוּvayamirvand changeמוּרconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and change”, the next action in the storyH4171to alter; by implication, to barter, to dispose of[idiom] at all, (ex-) change, remove.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).כְּבוֹדָ֑םkevodamgloriousכָּבוֹדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “glorious”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessglorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).בְּתַבְנִ֥יתbetavnitin figureתַּבְנִיתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in figure”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8403structure; by implication, a model, resemblancefigure, form, likeness, pattern, similitude.שׁ֝֗וֹרshorbullשׁוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bull”, the ordinary formH7794a bullock (as a traveller)bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for H7791 (שׁוּר)).אֹכֵ֥לokheleatאָכַלverb, qal, participle, absolute — “eat”, a verb used as a describing wordH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.עֵֽשֶׂבesevgrassעֶשֶׂבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “grass”, the ordinary formH6212grass (or any tender shoot)grass, herb.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

Young’s Literal Translation

And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.

World English Bible

Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.

Darby Translation

And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

Douay-Rheims

He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἠλλάξαντο τὴν δόξαν αὐτῶν ἐν ὁμοιώματι μόσχου ἔσθοντος χόρτον.