1 Corinthians 10:7

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Neither be ye idolaters, as [were] some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Don’t be idolaters, as some of them were — as the Tanakh puts it, “The people sat down to eat and drink, then got up to indulge in revelry.”

Berean Standard Bible:

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”

American Standard Version:

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Neither{G3366} be ye{G1096} idolaters{G1496}, as{G2531} were some{G5100} of them{G846}; as{G5613} it is written{G1125}, The people{G2992} sat down{G2523} to eat{G5315} and{G2532} drink{G4095}, and{G2532} rose up{G450} to play{G3815}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Exodus 32:6

  • And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

Exodus 32:8

  • They 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.

Psalms 106:19

  • They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

Psalms 106:20

  • Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

1 Corinthians 6:9

  • ¶ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

1 Corinthians 10:14

  • Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

Deuteronomy 9:12

  • And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted [themselves]; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

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Commentary for 1 Corinthians 10:7

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: G3366
    There are 49 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: μηδέ
    Transliteration: mēdé
    Pronunciation: may-deh'
    Description: from μή and δέ; but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor:--neither, nor (yet), (no) not (once, so much as).
  2. Strong's Number: G1096
    There are 636 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: γίνομαι
    Transliteration: gínomai
    Pronunciation: ghin'-om-ahee
    Description: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
  3. Strong's Number: G1496
    There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: εἰδωλολάτρης
    Transliteration: eidōlolátrēs
    Pronunciation: i-do-lol-at'-race
    Description: from εἴδωλον and the base of λατρεύω; an image- (servant or) worshipper (literally or figuratively):--idolater.
  4. Strong's Number: G2531
    There are 180 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: καθώς
    Transliteration: kathṓs
    Pronunciation: kath-oce'
    Description: from κατά and ὡς; just (or inasmuch) as, that:--according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
  5. Strong's Number: G5100
    There are 419 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: τὶς
    Transliteration: tìs
    Pronunciation: tis
    Description: an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
  6. Strong's Number: G846
    There are 3776 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: αὐτός
    Transliteration: autós
    Pronunciation: ow-tos'
    Description: from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
  7. Strong's Number: G5613
    There are 433 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ὡς
    Transliteration: hōs
    Pronunciation: hoce
    Description: probably adverb of comparative from ὅς; which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows):--about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
  8. Strong's Number: G1125
    There are 197 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: γράφω
    Transliteration: gráphō
    Pronunciation: graf'-o
    Description: a primary verb; to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe:--describe, write(-ing, -ten).
  9. Strong's Number: G2992
    There are 139 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: λαός
    Transliteration: laós
    Pronunciation: lah-os'
    Description: apparently a primary word; a people (in general; thus differing from δῆμος, which denotes one's own populace):--people.
  10. Strong's Number: G2523
    There are 46 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: καθίζω
    Transliteration: kathízō
    Pronunciation: kath-id'-zo
    Description: another (active) form for καθέζομαι; to seat down, i.e. set (figuratively, appoint); intransitively, to sit (down); figuratively, to settle (hover, dwell):--continue, set, sit (down), tarry.
  11. Strong's Number: G5315
    There are 90 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: φάγω
    Transliteration: phágō
    Pronunciation: fag'-o
    Description: a primary verb (used as an alternate of ἐσθίω in certain tenses); to eat (literally or figuratively):--eat, meat.
  12. Strong's Number: G2532
    There are 5212 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: καί
    Transliteration: kaí
    Pronunciation: kahee
    Description: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
  13. Strong's Number: G4095
    There are 66 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: πίνω
    Transliteration: pínō
    Pronunciation: po'-o
    Description: a prolonged form of ; which (together with another form) ; occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe (literally or figuratively):--drink.
  14. Strong's Number: G450
    There are 145 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἀνίστημι
    Transliteration: anístēmi
    Pronunciation: an-is'-tay-mee
    Description: from ἀνά and ἵστημι; to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive):--arise, lift up, raise up (again), rise (again), stand up(-right).
  15. Strong's Number: G3815
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: παίζω
    Transliteration: paízō
    Pronunciation: paheed'-zo
    Description: from παῖς; to sport (as a boy):--play.