King James Version

Psalms 106:36

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

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וַיַּעַבְד֥וּvayaavdvand keep in bondageעָבַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and keep in bondage”, the next action in the storyH5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.[idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er)…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).עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑םatsabeyhemimageעָצָבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “image”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6091an (idolatrous) imageidol, image.וַיִּהְי֖וּvayihyvand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָהֶ֣םlahemtoלָהֶ֣םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toלְמוֹקֵֽשׁlemoqeshto snareמוֹקֵשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to snare”, the ordinary formH4170a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they served their idols, which became a snare unto them;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.

Young’s Literal Translation

And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare.

World English Bible

They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

Darby Translation

And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them:

Douay-Rheims

And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their habitation.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they served their idols, which became a snare unto them;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they served their graven images; and it became an offence to them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐδούλευσαν τοῖς γλυπτοῖς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτοῖς εἰς σκάνδαλον.