Psalm 106:37–38

37 oThey even sacrificed their sons

And their daughters to pdemons,

38 And shed innocent blood,

The blood of their sons and daughters,

Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

And qthe land was polluted with blood.

Psalm 106:37–38 — The New International Version (NIV)

37 They sacrificed their sons

and their daughters to false gods.

38 They shed innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,

and the land was desecrated by their blood.

Psalm 106:37–38 — English Standard Version (ESV)

37 They sacrificed their sons

and their daughters to the demons;

38 they poured out innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,

and the land was polluted with blood.

Psalm 106:37–38 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons

And their daughters unto devils,

38 And shed innocent blood,

Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,

Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan:

And the land was polluted with blood.

Psalm 106:37–38 — New Living Translation (NLT)

37 They even sacrificed their sons

and their daughters to the demons.

38 They shed innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters.

By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan,

they polluted the land with murder.

Psalm 106:37–38 — New Century Version (NCV)

37 They even killed their sons and daughters

as sacrifices to demons.

38 They killed innocent people,

their own sons and daughters,

as sacrifices to the idols of Canaan.

So the land was made unholy by their blood.

Psalm 106:37–38 — American Standard Version (ASV)

37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

38 And shed innocent blood,

Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,

Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan;

And the land was polluted with blood.

Psalm 106:37–38 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, 38 And shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.

Psalm 106:37–38 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.

38 They shed innocent blood,

the blood of their own sons and daughters

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.

The land became polluted with blood.

Psalm 106:37–38 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.

38 They shed innocent blood—

the blood of their sons and daughters

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

so the land became polluted with blood.

Psalm 106:37–38 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

37 They sacrificed their sons

and their daughters to the demons;

38 they poured out innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

and the land was polluted with blood.

Psalm 106:37–38 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

37 They even sacrificed their sons and daughters

to the demons,

38 and they poured out innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,

and so the land was defiled with the blood.

Psalm 106:37–38 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters

as offerings to demons.

38 They killed those who weren’t guilty of doing anything wrong.

They killed their own sons and daughters.

They sacrificed them as offerings to statues of the gods of Canaan.

The land became “unclean” because of the blood of their children.

Psalm 106:37–38 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

37 They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,

38 And shed innocent blood,

The blood of their sons and their daughters,

Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

And the land was polluted with the blood.

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