Psalm 106:26
New International Version
So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

New Living Translation
Therefore, he solemnly swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,

English Standard Version
Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

Berean Standard Bible
So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

King James Bible
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

New King James Version
Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness,

New American Standard Bible
Therefore He swore to them That He would have them fall in the wilderness,

NASB 1995
Therefore He swore to them That He would cast them down in the wilderness,

NASB 1977
Therefore He swore to them, That He would cast them down in the wilderness,

Legacy Standard Bible
So He swore to them To make them fall in the wilderness,

Amplified Bible
Therefore He lifted up His hand [swearing] to them, That He would cause them to fall in the wilderness,

Christian Standard Bible
So he raised his hand against them with an oath that he would make them fall in the desert

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So He raised His hand against them with an oath that He would make them fall in the desert

American Standard Version
Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he lifted his hand against them to destroy them among the Gentiles.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So he lifted up his hand against them, to cast them down in the wilderness;

Contemporary English Version
So you threatened them by saying, "I'll kill you out here in the desert!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;

English Revised Version
Therefore he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would overthrow them in the wilderness:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Raising his hand, he swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,

Good News Translation
So he gave them a solemn warning that he would make them die in the desert

International Standard Version
So he swore an oath concerning them— that he would cause them to die in the wilderness,

JPS Tanakh 1917
Therefore He swore concerning them, That He would overthrow them in the wilderness;

Literal Standard Version
And He lifts up His hand to them, | To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

Majority Standard Bible
So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

New American Bible
So with raised hand he swore he would destroy them in the desert,

NET Bible
So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the desert,

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

New Heart English Bible
Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

World English Bible
Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

Young's Literal Translation
And He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

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Context
Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good
25They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD. 26So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness, 27to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.…

Cross References
Hebrews 3:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, 'They shall never enter My rest.'"

Numbers 14:28
So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.

Deuteronomy 1:35
"Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,

Deuteronomy 2:14
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.

Psalm 95:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, "They shall never enter My rest."

Psalm 144:8
whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

Psalm 144:11
Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.


Treasury of Scripture

Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

therefore

Psalm 95:11
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Numbers 14:28-35
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: …

Deuteronomy 1:34,35
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, …

lifted

Genesis 14:22,23
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, …

Exodus 6:8
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 32:40-42
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever…

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Psalm 106
1. The psalmist exhorts to praise God
4. He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers
7. The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy
47. He concludes with prayer and praise














(26) Lifted up his hand.--Not to strike, but to give emphasis to the oath pronounced against the sinners. (See Exodus 6:8, margin; Deuteronomy 32:40; comp. Psalm 144:8.) The substance of the oath here referred to is given in Numbers 14:28-35.

Verse 26. - Therefore he lifted up his hand against them (comp. Numbers 14:30, marginal rendering). The phrase is used with reference to the uplifting of the hand width accompanied an oath. To overthrow them in the wilderness (see Numbers 14:29, 32, 37). The death in the wilderness of the entire generation which had set out from Egypt, save only Joshua and Caleb, is the "overthrow" intended.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So He raised
וַיִּשָּׂ֣א (way·yiś·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

His hand
יָד֣וֹ (yā·ḏōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

{and swore}
לָהֶ֑ם (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

to cast them down
לְהַפִּ֥יל (lə·hap·pîl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

in the wilderness,
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech


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