King James Version
Deuteronomy 32:16 in the King James Version says “They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.”
Deuteronomy 32:16 · KJV
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. not to: or, which were not God
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They provoked him to jealousy”
H7065to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e., (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
“with strange”
H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
“gods with abominations”
H8441properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e., (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
“provoked they him to anger”
H3707to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
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