Deuteronomy 32:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַקְנִאֻ֖הוּ בְּזָרִ֑ים בְּתוֹעֵבֹ֖ת יַכְעִיסֻֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

yaqnîʾuhû bəzārîm bəṯôʿēḇōṯ yaḵʿîsuhû

Grammar Details

*yaqnîʾuhû*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they made him jealous
*bəzārîm*: preposition + masculine plural adjective - with strange ones
*bəṯôʿēḇōṯ*: preposition + feminine plural noun - with abominations
*yaḵʿîsuhû*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they provoked him

Word Meanings

*yaqnîʾuhû*: they made him jealous/they provoked him to jealousy/they moved him to envy
*zārîm*: strange ones/foreigners/alien things
*tôʿēḇōṯ*: abominations/detestable things/loathsome practices
*yaḵʿîsuhû*: they provoked him/they vexed him/they angered him

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Referenced Verses

Ps 78:58 : 58 For they provoked him to anger{H8686)} with their high places, and moved him to jealousy{H8686)} with their graven images.
1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Nah 1:1-2 : 1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
Lev 18:27 : 27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
Deut 5:9 : 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
Deut 7:25 : 25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
1 Kgs 14:22 : 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
2 Kgs 23:13 : 13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 78:58-59
2 verses
84%
58For they provoked him to anger{H8686)} with their high places, and moved him to jealousy{H8686)} with their graven images.
59When God heard{H8804)} this, he was wroth{H8691)}, and greatly abhorred{H8799)} Israel:
Deut 32:21
82%
21They 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.
Deut 32:17-19
3 verses
78%
17They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
19And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
Judg 2:12
78%
12And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
Ps 106:29
76%
29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
Neh 9:18
76%
18Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
2 Kgs 17:11-12
2 verses
76%
11And 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:
12For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
1 Kgs 14:22
75%
22And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
Rom 10:19
74%
19But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
Ps 78:56
74%
56Yet they tempted{H8762)} and provoked{H8686)} the most high God, and kept{H8804)} not his testimonies:
Ps 78:40-41
2 verses
74%
40How oft did they provoke{H8686)} him in the wilderness, and grieve{H8686)} him in the desert!
41Yea, they turned back{H8799)} and tempted{H8762)} God, and limited{H8689)} the Holy One of Israel.
2 Kgs 17:16-17
2 verses
74%
16And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Deut 32:15
74%
15But 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.
Jer 44:3
74%
3Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
Exod 32:8
74%
8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Deut 9:22
73%
22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
Deut 29:26
73%
26For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
Ps 106:32-33
2 verses
73%
32They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
Deut 6:15
73%
15(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Jer 32:32
73%
32Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ps 78:17
73%
17And they sinned{H8800)} yet more{H8686)} against him by provoking{H8687)} the most High in the wilderness.
Jer 7:19
73%
19Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
Neh 9:26
72%
26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Ps 106:16
72%
16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
Exod 34:14
72%
14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Deut 9:8
72%
8Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
Num 25:3
72%
3And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
Ps 106:40
72%
40Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
Judg 2:20
71%
20And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
Ps 106:14
71%
14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
Num 32:14
71%
14And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
Ps 78:21
71%
21Therefore the LORD heard{H8804)} this, and was wroth{H8691)}: so a fire was kindled{H8738)} against Jacob, and anger also came up{H8804)} against Israel;
2 Kgs 22:17
71%
17Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
Isa 65:3
70%
3A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
2 Chr 28:25
70%
25And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.
Lam 4:16
70%
16The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
Num 32:10
70%
10And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
Jer 32:34
70%
34But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
Deut 31:20
70%
20For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
Jer 25:6
70%
6And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
Jer 44:8
70%
8In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
1 Kgs 16:33
70%
33And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
Neh 9:16
70%
16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,