Psalms 78:58

78:57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

KJV

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

78:59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

What does Psalms 78:58 mean?

Psalms 78:58 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include כַּעַס (kaʻaç), בָּמָה (bâmâh), קָנָא (qânâʼ).

Hebrew interlinear

For

they

provoked

him

angerכַּעַסkaʻaç/kaw-as'/H3707to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant

with

their

high

places,בָּמָהbâmâh/bam-maw'/H1116an elevation

and

moved

him

jealousyקָנָאqânâʼ/kaw-naw'/H7065to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious

with

their

graven

images.פְּסִילpᵉçîyl/pes-eel'/H6456an idol

Topics

Idolatry Jews, the

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:58.

2 Kings 17:11

And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:

Deuteronomy 32:16

They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

Deuteronomy 32:21

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

Jeremiah 8:19

Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? them: Heb. the country of them that are far off

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 78:58 say?

Psalms 78:58 (King James Version) reads: "For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images."

Is Psalms 78:58 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:58 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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