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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 />but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/106.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/106.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/106.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/106.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/106.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/106.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they got involved with the nations And learned their practices,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/106.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But they mingled with the nations And learned their practices,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/106.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But they mingled with the nations, And learned their practices,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/106.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But they mingled with the nations And learned their works,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/106.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But they mingled with the [idolatrous] nations And learned their ways,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/106.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but mingled with the nations and adopted their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/106.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but mingled with the nations and adopted their ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/106.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/106.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Instead they were friendly with those foreigners and followed their customs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/106.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/106.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Instead, they intermarried with other nations. They learned to do what other nations did,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/106.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />but they intermarried with them and adopted their pagan ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/106.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Instead, they mingled among the nations and learned their ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/106.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/106.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They mixed in with the nations and learned their ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/106.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/106.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/106.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/106.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/106.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/106.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will mingle with the nations, and they will learn their works.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/106.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/106.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 105:35>And they were mixed among the Gentiles. And they learned their works,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/106.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But mingled with the nations and imitated their ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/106.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />but they mingled with the nations and learned to do as they did.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/106.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But they were mingled among the Gentiles, and learned their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/106.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />But they were mixed with the Gentiles and they learned their works.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/106.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/106.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />but were mingled with the heathen, and learned their works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/106-35.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=13511" 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">34</span>They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, <span class="reftext">35</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6148.htm" title="6148: way·yiṯ·‘ā·rə·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to braid, i.e. Intermix; technically, to traffic; also or give to be security.">but they mingled</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: ḇag·gō·w·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">with the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/3925.htm" title="3925: way·yil·mə·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to goad, i.e. to teach:(un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er,ing).">and adopted</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">their customs.</a> </span><span class="reftext">36</span>They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.…<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/3-5.htm">Judges 3:5-6</a></span><br />Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Deuteronomy 7:2-4</a></span><br />and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy. / Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-12.htm">Exodus 34:12-16</a></span><br />Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst. / Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles. / For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15</a></span><br />They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a></span><br />Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-2</a></span><br />King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-23.htm">Nehemiah 13:23-27</a></span><br />In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. / Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah. / I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-33.htm">1 Corinthians 15:33</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-30.htm">Deuteronomy 12:30-31</a></span><br />be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.” / You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Leviticus 18:3</a></span><br />You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11</a></span><br />Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-55.htm">Numbers 33:55-56</a></span><br />But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle. / And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">1 Peter 4:3-4</a></span><br />For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. / Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-2.htm">Jeremiah 10:2</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a></span><br />Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.</p><p class="hdg">but</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/15-63.htm">Joshua 15:63</a></b></br> As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/1-27.htm">Judges 1:27-36</a></b></br> Neither did Manasseh drive out <i>the inhabitants of</i> Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/2-2.htm">Judges 2:2,3</a></b></br> And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? … </p><p class="hdg">learned</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Isaiah 2:6</a></b></br> Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and <i>are</i> soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6</a></b></br> Your glorying <i>is</i> not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/15-33.htm">1 Corinthians 15:33</a></b></br> Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/esther/2-7.htm">Adopted</a> <a href="/esther/9-32.htm">Customs</a> <a href="/psalms/105-44.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-7.htm">Learned</a> <a href="/psalms/102-9.htm">Mingled</a> <a href="/exodus/30-33.htm">Mix</a> <a href="/psalms/106-27.htm">Mixed</a> <a href="/psalms/106-34.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/101-7.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/psalms/106-22.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/7-19.htm">Adopted</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Customs</a> <a href="/psalms/106-41.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/psalms/119-25.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/psalms/119-152.htm">Learned</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-2.htm">Mingled</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-21.htm">Mix</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-2.htm">Mixed</a> <a href="/psalms/106-41.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/106-39.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/psalms/106-39.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/psalms/106-39.htm">Works</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>but they mingled with the nations</b><br>This phrase refers to the Israelites' interaction with the surrounding pagan nations after entering the Promised Land. Historically, God commanded the Israelites to remain separate from these nations to avoid idolatry and moral corruption (<a href="/deuteronomy/7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-5</a>). The term "mingled" suggests a blending or intermixing that led to a loss of distinctiveness. This mingling often resulted in alliances and marriages that were contrary to God's commands (<a href="/judges/3-5.htm">Judges 3:5-6</a>). Theologically, this reflects the danger of compromising one's faith and values by adopting the practices of those who do not follow God. The Israelites' failure to remain separate is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, illustrating the tension between God's call for holiness and the temptation to conform to the world (<a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a>).<p><b>and adopted their customs</b><br>Adopting the customs of the nations refers to the Israelites embracing the religious and cultural practices of the Canaanites and other neighboring peoples. This often included idolatry, such as worshiping Baal and Asherah, and participating in rituals that were detestable to God (<a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a>). The adoption of these customs led to a cycle of sin, judgment, repentance, and deliverance throughout the book of Judges. Culturally, these customs were deeply ingrained in the societies around Israel, making them a constant temptation. Theologically, this adoption signifies a departure from the covenant relationship with God, who had given Israel specific laws and practices to follow (<a href="/exodus/20.htm">Exodus 20:1-17</a>). This phrase serves as a warning against syncretism, the blending of true worship with pagan practices, which is condemned throughout Scripture (<a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a>). The failure to remain faithful to God's commands foreshadows the eventual exile of Israel, as prophesied by the prophets (<a href="/jeremiah/25-8.htm">Jeremiah 25:8-11</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 were delivered from Egypt and given the Promised Land. They were called to be set apart and holy, distinct from other nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the surrounding pagan nations that the Israelites encountered in the Promised Land. These nations had different customs, religious practices, and moral standards.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land promised to the Israelites, inhabited by various nations with whom the Israelites were not to intermarry or adopt their practices.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader who brought the Israelites out of Egypt and received the Law from God, which included commands to remain separate from other nations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/pagan_customs.htm">Pagan Customs</a></b><br>The practices and religious rituals of the nations surrounding Israel, often involving idolatry and immorality, which were contrary to God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_holiness.htm">The Call to Holiness</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to be set apart and holy, just as the Israelites were. This means avoiding the adoption of worldly customs that contradict God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_compromise.htm">The Danger of Compromise</a></b><br>Compromising with worldly values can lead to spiritual decline. We must be vigilant in maintaining our distinctiveness as followers of Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/influence_of_culture.htm">Influence of Culture</a></b><br>The culture around us can have a powerful influence. We must discern and reject practices that are contrary to biblical teachings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_our_hearts.htm">Guarding Our Hearts</a></b><br>We need to guard our hearts against the subtle influences of the world that can lead us away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a></b><br>Being part of a strong Christian community can help us stay accountable and resist the pull of worldly customs.<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/how_does_psalm_106_align_with_full_conquest.htm">Psalm 106:34–35 suggests Israel did not fully conquer or destroy surrounding nations—how does this align with biblical passages that claim they subdued the land completely? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_israelite_child_sacrifice.htm">Psalm 106:37 speaks of sacrificing children to demons--what non-biblical evidence supports or contradicts the claim that Israelites practiced child sacrifice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_david_mourn_and_curse_foes.htm">Psalm 35:13-14 - How can David both mourn for his foes and call down curses on them without contradiction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_kings_trembled_in_psalm_48.htm">Psalm 48:5-6: Is there any historical or scientific evidence that opposing kings literally 'saw and were amazed' to the point of trembling?</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 35.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.</span> This was the effect of the continuous contact. "Evil communications corrupted good manners." The command to exterminate, which to moderns seems so terribly severe, and almost cruel, was undoubtedly based upon God's foreknowledge of the fact, that otherwise there would be contact, and if contact, then contamination. (For the actual fact, see <a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13, 19</a>; <a href="/judges/3-6.htm">Judges 3:6, 7</a>; <a href="/judges/6-25.htm">Judges 6:25</a>; <a href="/judges/10-6.htm">Judges 10:6</a>, etc.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/106-35.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">but they mingled</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתְעָרְב֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiṯ·‘ā·rə·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6148.htm">Strong's 6148: </a> </span><span class="str2">To braid, intermix, technically, to traffic, give to be security</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">בַגּוֹיִ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḇag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and adopted</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽ֝יִּלְמְד֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yil·mə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3925.htm">Strong's 3925: </a> </span><span class="str2">To exercise in, learn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their customs.</span><br /><span class="heb">מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(ma·‘ă·śê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> </span><span class="str2">An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/106-35.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 106:35 But mixed themselves with the nations (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/106-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 106:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 106:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/106-36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 106:36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 106:36" /></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>