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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 />make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/106.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />that he would scatter their descendants among the nations, exiling them to distant lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/106.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and would make their offspring fall among the nations, scattering them among the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/106.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/106.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/106.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to scatter them in the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/106.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And that He would bring down their descendants among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/106.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And that He would cast their seed among the nations And scatter them in the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/106.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And that He would cast their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/106.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And to make their seed fall among the nations And to scatter them in the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/106.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And that He would cast out their descendants among the nations And scatter them in the lands [of the earth].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/106.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and would disperse their descendants among the nations, scattering them throughout the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/106.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and would disperse their descendants among the nations, scattering them throughout the lands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/106.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/106.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I'll scatter your children everywhere in the world." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/106.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/106.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />kill their descendants among the nations, and scatter them throughout various lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/106.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and scatter their descendants among the heathen, letting them die in foreign countries. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/106.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />to cause their children to perish among the nations and be scattered among many lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/106.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/106.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/106.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and that he would make their offspring fall among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/106.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/106.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/106.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And to cause their seed to fall among nations, "" And to scatter them through lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/106.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/106.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And to cause their seed to fall among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/106.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/106.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 105:27>and in order to cast their offspring among the nations, and to scatter them among the regions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/106.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And scatter their descendants among the nations, disperse them in foreign lands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/106.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and would disperse their descendants among the nations, scattering them over the lands.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/106.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />To scatter their descendants also among the nations, and to lose them in the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/106.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he would scatter their seed among the Gentiles and would destroy them in the lands.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/106.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And that He would cast out their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/106.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/106-27.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=13463" 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">26</span>So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness, <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: ū·lə·hap·pîl (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">to disperse</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: zar·‘ām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">their offspring</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: bag·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.">among the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/2219.htm" title="2219: ū·lə·zā·rō·w·ṯām (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf:: 3mp) -- To scatter, fan, winnow. A primitive root; to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow.">and scatter them</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">throughout the lands.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.…<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="/numbers/14-29.htm">Numbers 14:29-35</a></span><br />Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me. / Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. / But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">Deuteronomy 1:34-35</a></span><br />When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying, / “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,<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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5-11</a></span><br />Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. / These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/26-64.htm">Numbers 26:64-65</a></span><br />Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai. / For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Deuteronomy 2:14-15</a></span><br />The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them. / Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15-16</a></span><br />Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands— / because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-5.htm">Jude 1:5</a></span><br />Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/32-10.htm">Numbers 32:10-13</a></span><br />So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying, / ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— / not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10-11</a></span><br />For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” / So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a></span><br />For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1-2</a></span><br />Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. / For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-28.htm">Deuteronomy 9:28</a></span><br />Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-22.htm">Nehemiah 9:22-23</a></span><br />You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan. / You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-23.htm">Ezekiel 20:23</a></span><br />However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.</p><p class="hdg">overthrow.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-11.htm">Psalm 44:11</a></b></br> Thou hast given us like sheep <i>appointed</i> for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-33.htm">Leviticus 26:33</a></b></br> And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-26.htm">Deuteronomy 4:26,27</a></b></br> I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong <i>your</i> days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/106-26.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/106-26.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/psalms/105-6.htm">Children</a> <a href="/psalms/18-44.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/psalms/105-6.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-34.htm">Disperse</a> <a href="/psalms/106-26.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/psalms/105-44.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/psalms/102-9.htm">Mixed</a> <a href="/psalms/105-44.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/106-26.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/psalms/89-10.htm">Scatter</a> <a href="/job/37-9.htm">Scattering</a> <a href="/psalms/105-6.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/psalms/105-32.htm">Throughout</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/108-9.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/106-32.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/psalms/107-8.htm">Children</a> <a href="/psalms/107-3.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/psalms/109-13.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-7.htm">Disperse</a> <a href="/psalms/118-13.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/psalms/107-3.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/psalms/106-35.htm">Mixed</a> <a href="/psalms/106-34.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/140-4.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/psalms/144-6.htm">Scatter</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-24.htm">Scattering</a> <a href="/psalms/107-37.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/psalms/119-90.htm">Throughout</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'; 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The dispersion, or diaspora, is a recurring theme where God allows His people to be scattered due to their failure to uphold the covenant. This is seen in the Assyrian and Babylonian exiles (<a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a>, <a href="/2_kings/25-21.htm">2 Kings 25:21</a>). Theologically, it serves as a warning and a call to repentance, emphasizing God's justice and the seriousness of sin. The dispersion also foreshadows the spread of the Gospel to all nations, as seen in the New Testament (<a href="/acts/1-8.htm">Acts 1:8</a>).<p><b>and scatter them throughout the lands</b><br>This scattering is both a literal and symbolic act of judgment. Historically, the Israelites were taken to various regions, losing their homeland and identity, which fulfilled prophecies like those in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Deuteronomy 28:64</a>. Culturally, this scattering led to the integration and influence of foreign customs and religions, which further distanced them from their covenant with God. However, it also set the stage for the eventual gathering and restoration, as prophesied in <a href="/ezekiel/11-17.htm">Ezekiel 11:17</a>. This scattering can be seen as a type of Christ's mission to gather all people to Himself, transcending geographical and cultural boundaries (<a href="/john/10-16.htm">John 10:16</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 but often fell into disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the surrounding pagan nations that Israel was warned against intermingling with, as they could lead them away from God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/exile.htm">Exile</a></b><br>The event of being scattered among the nations, often seen as a consequence of Israel's disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader who brought the Israelites out of Egypt and through whom God gave the Law.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Disobedience to God can lead to severe consequences, including the loss of blessings and separation from God's intended purpose for us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_judgment.htm">God's Faithfulness in Judgment</a></b><br>Even in judgment, God remains faithful to His covenant. His actions are just and aim to bring His people back to repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's commands is crucial for maintaining a close relationship with Him and receiving His blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>God provides a path to restoration through repentance. No matter how far we stray, God is willing to forgive and restore us if we turn back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a></b><br>The scattering of Israel serves as a reminder of the importance of community and accountability in faith. We must support one another in obedience to God.<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/what_does_'seize_the_day'_truly_mean.htm">What happened at Baal of Peor in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_history_verify_god_gave_israel_land.htm">(Psalm 44:1-3) How can we verify historically or archaeologically that God 'drove out the nations' and gave Israel the land?</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/how_does_psalm_89_align_with_david's_end.htm">How does Psalm 89:36-37's promise of an everlasting Davidic monarchy align with the historical end of the Davidic line?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/106.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">Overthrow.</span>--This verse is evidently copied from <a href="/ezekiel/20-23.htm" title="I lifted up my hand to them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;">Ezekiel 20:23</a>, but the psalmist has either intentionally or accidentally changed the prophet's verb "scatter" into "overthrow," just used in <a href="/psalms/106-26.htm" title="Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:">Psalm 106:26</a>. The error, if an error, is as old as the LXX. version.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/106.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">To overthrow their seed also among the nations.</span> Like Ezekiel (<a href="/ezekiel/20-23.htm">Ezekiel 20:23</a>), the writer regards the Babylonish captivity as in part a punishment for the sins committed in the wilderness. <span class="cmt_word">And to scatter them in the lands</span> (comp. <a href="/leviticus/26-33.htm">Leviticus 26:33</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Deuteronomy 28:64</a>). The Israelites were punished, not merely by being carried into captivity, but by being completely broken up as a nation, and "scattered" widely over Western Asia - some in Gozan and on the Khabonr (<a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a>), some in Haran (<a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm">1 Chronicles 5:26</a>), some in "the cities of the Modes" (<a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">2 Kings 18:11</a>; Tobit 1:14 Tobit 3:7), others in Babylonia (<a href="/2_kings/24-14.htm">2 Kings 24:14-16</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/36-20.htm">2 Chronicles 36:20</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1-3</a>, etc.). The "scattering" has in later times increased ever more and more. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/106-27.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">to disperse</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְהַפִּ֣יל</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·hap·pîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their offspring</span><br /><span class="heb">זַ֭רְעָם</span> <span class="translit">(zar·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(bag·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 scatter them</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝לְזָרוֹתָ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·zā·rō·w·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2219.htm">Strong's 2219: </a> </span><span class="str2">To toss about, to diffuse, winnow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">throughout the lands.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/106-27.htm">Psalm 106:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/106-27.htm">Psalm 106:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/106-27.htm">Psalm 106:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/106-27.htm">Psalm 106:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/106-27.htm">Psalm 106:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/106-27.htm">Psalm 106:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/106-27.htm">Psalm 106:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/106-27.htm">Psalm 106:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/106-27.htm">Psalm 106:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/106-27.htm">Psalm 106:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/106-27.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 106:27 That he would overthrow their seed among (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/106-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 106:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 106:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/106-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 106:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 106:28" /></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>