KJV King James Version
The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
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Psalm 78:9
The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
WEB World English Bible
The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
ASV American Standard Version
The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Sons of Ephraim—armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
Surrounding context — Psalm 78
6 That the generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children:
7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
9 The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan.
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Deuteronomy 1:41-44Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.Joshua 17:16-18And the children of Joseph said, The hill 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] of Bethshean and her towns, and [they] who [are] of the valley of Jezreel.Psalm 78:57But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.Judges 9:28And 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 the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?1 Samuel 4:10And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.Judges 20:39And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite [and] kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as [in] the first battle.1 Chronicles 12:2[They were] armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in [hurling] stones and [shooting] arrows out of a bow, [even] of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.Luke 22:33And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.Judges 9:38-40Then said Zebul unto him, Where [is] now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who [is] Abimelech, that we should serve him? [is] not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
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