Parallel Verses
Amplified
The sons of Ephraim were armed as archers and carrying bows,
Yet they turned back in the day of battle.
New American Standard Bible
Yet
King James Version
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Holman Bible
on the day of battle.
International Standard Version
The descendants of Ephraim were sharp shooters with the bow, but they retreated in the day of battle.
A Conservative Version
The sons of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
American Standard Version
The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
Bible in Basic English
The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, were turned back on the day of the fight.
Darby Translation
The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.
Julia Smith Translation
The sons of Ephraim bending, lifting up the bow, turned in the day of the encounter.
King James 2000
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The sons of Ephraim, {armed with archers}, turned back on [the] day of battle.
Modern King James verseion
The sons of Ephraim, armed shooters of bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Like as the children of Ephraim, which being harnessed and carrying bows, turned themselves back in the time of battle:
NET Bible
The Ephraimites were armed with bows, but they retreated in the day of battle.
New Heart English Bible
The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
The Emphasized Bible
The sons of Ephraim - armed bowmen, Turned in the day of battle;
Webster
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
World English Bible
The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
8
And not be like their fathers—
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
The sons of Ephraim were armed as archers and carrying bows,
Yet they turned back in the day of battle.
They did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to walk according to His law;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:41-44
“Then you answered and said to me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God has commanded us.’ So you
Joshua 17:16-18
The sons of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”
Judges 9:28
Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not [merely] the son of Jerubbaal and is Zebul not his lieutenant? Serve the men of Hamor the father (founder) of Shechem. Why then should we serve Abimelech?
Judges 9:38-40
Then Zebul said to Gaal, “Where is your [boasting] mouth now, you who said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Is this not the people whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them!”
Judges 20:39
So the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill about thirty men of Israel, for they said, “Certainly they are defeated before us as in the first battle!”
1 Samuel 4:10
So the Philistines fought; Israel was defeated and every man fled to his tent. It was a very great defeat, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
1 Samuel 31:1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 12:2
They were armed with bows, and could use the right hand or the left to sling stones and shoot arrows from the bow; they were Saul’s relatives from [the tribe of] Benjamin.
Psalm 78:57
They turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;
They were twisted like a warped bow [that will not respond to the archer’s aim].
Luke 22:33
And Peter said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You both to prison and to death!”