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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/psalms/106.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/106.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/106.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Their enemies crushed them and brought them under their cruel power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/106.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/106.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/106.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/106.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/106.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were subdued under their power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/106.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were subdued under their power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/106.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were subdued under their power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/106.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Their enemies oppressed them, And they were subdued under their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/106.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were subdued under the [powerful] hand of their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/106.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their enemies oppressed them, and they were subdued under their power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/106.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their enemies oppressed them, and they were subdued under their power. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/106.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/106.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They were mistreated and abused by their enemies, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/106.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/106.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Their enemies oppressed them and made them subject to their power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/106.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They were oppressed by their enemies and were in complete subjection to them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/106.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Their enemies oppressed them, so that they were humiliated by their power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/106.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/106.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Their enemies oppressed them; they were subject to their authority. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/106.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/106.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/106.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/106.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And their enemies oppress them, "" And they are humbled under their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/106.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/106.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And their enemies will press them, and they shall be humbled under their hand.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/106.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/106.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 105:42>And their enemies afflicted them, and they were humbled under their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/106.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Their enemies oppressed them, kept them under subjection. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/106.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/106.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Their enemies also subdued them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/106.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And their enemies subdued them and they were subject under their hands.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/106.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were subdued under their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/106.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Ands their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought down under their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/106-42.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=13555" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/106.htm">Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">41</span>He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. <span class="reftext">42</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/341.htm" title="341: ’ō·wy·ḇê·hem (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3mp) -- Hating, an adversary. Or owyeb; active participle of 'ayab; hating; an adversary.">Their enemies</a> <a href="/hebrew/3905.htm" title="3905: way·yil·ḥā·ṣūm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3mp) -- To squeeze, press, oppress. A primitive root; properly, to press, i.e. to distress.">oppressed them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3665.htm" title="3665: way·yik·kā·nə·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To be humble. A primitive root; properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish.">and subdued them</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">under</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">their hand.</a> </span><span class="reftext">43</span>Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-14.htm">Judges 2:14-15</a></span><br />Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist. / Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-27.htm">Nehemiah 9:27</a></span><br />So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/4-2.htm">Judges 4:2-3</a></span><br />So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. / Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/10-7.htm">Judges 10:7-8</a></span><br />So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites, / who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and they did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20</a></span><br />So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-6.htm">Isaiah 47:6</a></span><br />I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-17.htm">Leviticus 26:17</a></span><br />And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-48.htm">Deuteronomy 28:48</a></span><br />you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a></span><br />A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-5.htm">2 Chronicles 28:5</a></span><br />So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24-25</a></span><br />Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-32</a></span><br />Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-42.htm">Acts 7:42-43</a></span><br />But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? / You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:10-12</a></span><br />and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Hebrews 3:17-19</a></span><br />And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? / So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.</p><p class="hdg">no reference </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/94-5.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/psalms/106-11.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/psalms/106-41.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/psalms/106-41.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/psalms/102-23.htm">Humbled</a> <a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">Low</a> <a href="/psalms/105-14.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/psalms/103-6.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/psalms/106-10.htm">Power</a> <a href="/psalms/81-14.htm">Subdued</a> <a href="/psalms/18-47.htm">Subjected</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-10.htm">Subjection</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/107-39.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/psalms/108-13.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/psalms/107-2.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/psalms/107-2.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/psalms/107-12.htm">Humbled</a> <a href="/psalms/106-43.htm">Low</a> <a href="/psalms/119-122.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/psalms/129-1.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/psalms/110-3.htm">Power</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-13.htm">Subdued</a> <a href="/psalms/107-12.htm">Subjected</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-14.htm">Subjection</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 106</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/106-1.htm">The psalmist exhorts to praise God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/106-4.htm">He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/106-7.htm">The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/106-47.htm">He concludes with prayer and praise</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/106.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/106.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Their enemies oppressed them</b><br>This phrase reflects the recurring theme of Israel's history, where they faced oppression from surrounding nations due to their disobedience to God. The oppression often served as a divine consequence for turning away from God's commandments. Historically, Israel was surrounded by powerful nations such as Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon, which frequently posed threats. The oppression can be seen as a fulfillment of warnings given in <a href="/leviticus/26-17.htm">Leviticus 26:17</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a>, where God warned that disobedience would lead to subjugation by enemies. This pattern of oppression and deliverance is a cycle seen throughout the Book of Judges, where Israel repeatedly falls into sin, is oppressed, cries out to God, and is delivered by a judge.<p><b>and subdued them under their hand</b><br>The subjugation under enemy hands signifies a loss of autonomy and freedom, often resulting in servitude or exile. This phrase indicates a complete domination, where Israel was not only oppressed but also brought under the control of foreign powers. Historically, this was evident during the Babylonian exile, where the Israelites were taken captive and lived under Babylonian rule. Theologically, this subjugation serves as a reminder of the consequences of forsaking God's covenant. It also foreshadows the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, who frees believers from the bondage of sin and death, as seen in <a href="/romans/6-18.htm">Romans 6:18</a>. The imagery of being subdued under a hand can also be connected to the prophetic hope of a future where God's people will be restored and no longer subject to foreign powers, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/14-2.htm">Isaiah 14:2</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God who often found themselves oppressed due to their disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies.htm">Enemies</a></b><br>Various nations and peoples who oppressed the Israelites, such as the Philistines, Babylonians, and Assyrians.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/o/oppression.htm">Oppression</a></b><br>The state of being subject to unjust treatment or control, often as a consequence of Israel's disobedience to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/subjugation.htm">Subjugation</a></b><br>The act of bringing someone under control, which in this context refers to the Israelites being dominated by their enemies.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>The agreement between God and Israel, which included blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites faced oppression due to their disobedience, we too can experience spiritual and sometimes physical consequences when we turn away from God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_discipline.htm">God's Sovereignty in Discipline</a></b><br>God allows discipline as a means to bring His people back to Him. Understanding His sovereignty can help us trust Him even in difficult times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>The history of Israel shows that repentance leads to restoration. We should be quick to repent and seek God's forgiveness when we stray.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Just as Israel faced physical enemies, Christians face spiritual battles. We must be vigilant and rely on God's strength to overcome.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_mercy.htm">Hope in God's Mercy</a></b><br>Despite Israel's repeated failures, God remained merciful. This gives us hope that no matter how far we stray, God is always ready to forgive and restore us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_106.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 106</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/main_themes_of_psalms.htm">What are the main themes of the Psalms?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_137_call_for_violence.htm">Why would a sacred text like Psalm 137 call for retributive violence, contradicting other passages that promote forgiveness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_43_2_imply_god_forsakes.htm">Why does Psalm 43:2 suggest God has forsaken the writer, when other passages emphasize God's constant presence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_137_9_align_with_a_loving_god.htm">How can Psalm 137:9 be reconciled with a just and loving God when it seems to celebrate cruelty against children?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/106.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 42.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Their enemies also oppressed them</span> (see <a href="/judges/4-3.htm">Judges 4:3</a>; <a href="/judges/10-8.htm">Judges 10:8</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/9-16.htm">1 Samuel 9:16</a>; etc.). <span class="cmt_word">And they were brought into subjection under their hand.</span> (For pictures of the "subjection," see <a href="/judges/4-6.htm">Judges 4:6-11</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/13-19.htm">1 Samuel 13:19, 20</a>.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/106-42.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Their enemies</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹיְבֵיהֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·wy·ḇê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_341.htm">Strong's 341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hating, an adversary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">oppressed them,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּלְחָצ֥וּם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yil·ḥā·ṣūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3905.htm">Strong's 3905: </a> </span><span class="str2">To squeeze, press, oppress</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and subdued them</span><br /><span class="heb">וַ֝יִּכָּנְע֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yik·kā·nə·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3665.htm">Strong's 3665: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bend the knee, to humiliate, vanquish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">under</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּ֣חַת</span> <span class="translit">(ta·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their hand.</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/106-42.htm">Psalm 106:42 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/106-42.htm">Psalm 106:42 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/106-42.htm">Psalm 106:42 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/106-42.htm">Psalm 106:42 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/106-42.htm">Psalm 106:42 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/106-42.htm">Psalm 106:42 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/106-42.htm">Psalm 106:42 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/106-42.htm">Psalm 106:42 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/106-42.htm">Psalm 106:42 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/106-42.htm">Psalm 106:42 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/106-42.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 106:42 Their enemies also oppressed them (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/106-41.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 106:41"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 106:41" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/106-43.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 106:43"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 106:43" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>