KJV King James Version
They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
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Psalm 78:42
They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
WEB World English Bible
They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
ASV American Standard Version
They remembered not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.
Surrounding context — Psalm 78
39 For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert!
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42 They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
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Jeremiah 32:21And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;Judges 8:34And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:Psalm 78:11And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.Exodus 14:12[Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.Psalm 106:7-10Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked [him] at the sea, [even] at the Red sea.Psalm 136:10-15To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:Exodus 13:9And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.Psalm 78:21-22Therefore the LORD heard [this], and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;Exodus 14:30-31Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
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