Psalms 78:9
What does Psalms 78:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 78:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, were turned back on the day of the fight.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Sons of Ephraim--armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Help us, O God, our saviour: and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us: and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 9:28
And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve ye the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?
- Deuteronomy 1:41
Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.
- 1 Chronicles 12:2
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.
- Joshua 17:16
And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel.
- 1 Samuel 4:10
And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
- Psalms 78:57
But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
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