King James Version

Psalms 106:39

Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

וַיִּטְמְא֥וּvayitmevand be uncleanטָמֵאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be unclean”, the next action in the storyH2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.בְמַעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑םvemaaseyhemin businessמַעֲשֶׂהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in business”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) propertyact, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.וַ֝יִּזְנוּ֗vayiznvand commit fornicationזָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and commit fornication”, the next action in the storyH2181to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)(cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.בְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽםbemaalleyhemin doingמַעֲלָלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in doing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4611an act (good or bad)doing, endeavour, invention, work.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.

World English Bible

Thus they were defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.

Darby Translation

And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.

Douay-Rheims

Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and was polluted with their works; and they went a whoring with their own devices.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐμιάνθη ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐπόρνευσαν ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν αὐτῶν.