Psalms 106:33

106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

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because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.

Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.

106:34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

What does Psalms 106:33 mean?

Psalms 106:33 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מָרָה (mârâh), רוּחַ (rûwach), בָּטָא (bâṭâʼ).

Hebrew interlinear

Because

they

provokedמָרָהmârâh/maw-raw'/H4784to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)

his

spirit,רוּחַrûwach/roo'-akh/H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)

that

spake

unadvisedlyבָּטָאbâṭâʼ/baw-taw'/H981to babble; hence, to vociferate angrily

with

his

lips.שָׂפָהsâphâh/saw-faw'/H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 106:33.

Leviticus 5:4

Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

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What does Psalms 106:33 say?

Psalms 106:33 (King James Version) reads: "Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips."

Is Psalms 106:33 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 106:33 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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