# Psalms 106.20

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 18. And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked. 19. They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.
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> **20. Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.**
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> 21. They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt, 22. Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And terrible things by the Red Sea. (Psalms 106:18-22, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 18. A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked. 19. They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.
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> **20. Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.**
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> 21. They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, 22. Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea. (Psalms 106:18-22, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 18. And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19. They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
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> **20. Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.**
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> 21. They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; 22. Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. (Psalms 106:18-22, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 18. And fire burneth among their company, A flame setteth on fire the wicked. 19. They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,
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> **20. And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.**
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> 21. They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt, 22. Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph. (Psalms 106:18-22, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [H3519 - kavod](/codex/h3519-kavod/), *kavod*, Strong's H3519

## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.