Deuteronomy 32:16

16 They made him jealous with their foreign gods and angered him with their detestable idols.

Deuteronomy 32:16 in Other Translations

KJV
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
ESV
16 They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger.
NLT
16 They stirred up his jealousy by worshiping foreign gods; they provoked his fury with detestable deeds.
MSG
16 They made him jealous with their foreign newfangled gods, and with obscenities they vexed him no end.
CSB
16 They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with detestable practices.

Deuteronomy 32:16 In-Context

14 with curds and milk from herd and flock and with fattened lambs and goats, with choice rams of Bashan and the finest kernels of wheat. You drank the foaming blood of the grape.
15 Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; filled with food, they became heavy and sleek. They abandoned the God who made them and rejected the Rock their Savior.
16 They made him jealous with their foreign gods and angered him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed to false gods, which are not God— gods they had not known, gods that recently appeared, gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Numbers 25:11; S 1 Corinthians 10:22
  • 2. S Deuteronomy 31:17; S 1 Kings 14:9; Psalms 78:58
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