Psalm 106:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Thus they changed their glory Into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Thus they exchanged Him Who was their Glory for the image of an ox that eats grass [they traded their Honor for the image of a calf]!

American Standard Version (1901)

Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

Common English Bible

They traded their glorious God for an image of a bull that eats grass.

Catholic Public Domain Version

He sent his word, and he healed them, and he rescued them from their utter destruction.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions.

Psalm 106:20 Cross References

Psalm 89:17

For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.

Exodus 32:4

He took these from them, formed them in a mold, and cast an image of a calf, and they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for something that does not profit.