King James Version
Psalms 106:35 in the King James Version says “But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 106 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.”
Psalms 106:35 · KJV
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But were mingled”
H6148to braid, i.e., intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
“among the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“and learned”
H3925properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
“their works”
H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
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