Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The descendants of Ephraim were sharp shooters with the bow, but they retreated 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.
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.
Amplified
The sons of Ephraim were armed as archers and carrying bows,
Yet they 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 They will not be like the rebellious generation of their ancestors, a rebellious generation, whose heart was not steadfast, and whose spirits were unfaithful to God. 9 The descendants of Ephraim were sharp shooters with the bow, but they retreated in the day of battle. 10 They did not keep God's covenant, and refused to live by his Law.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:41-44
"You responded to me and said, "We have sinned against the LORD. We will now go up and fight according to what the LORD our God commanded.' So each man put on his weapon for battle and recklessly started out for the hill country."
Joshua 17:16-18
The descendants of Joseph replied, "The hill country isn't sufficient for us, but all the Canaanites who live on the plain have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its villages as well as the inhabitants of the Jezreel Valley."
Judges 9:28
Then Ebed's son Gaal remarked, "Who is this Abimelech? And who is Shechem? Should we serve him? Isn't he Jerubbaal's son? Isn't Zebul his lieutenant? Serve the men of Hamor, Shechem's ancestor but why are we serving him?
Judges 9:38-40
So Zebul replied, "Right... So where's your boasting now? You said, "Who is Abimelech? Should we serve him?' Isn't this the army that you insulted? So go out right now and fight them!"
Judges 20:39
The army of Israel turned around in the battle, and the army of Benjamin began to attack and kill about 30 soldiers, thinking, "Now we're really defeating them, just like before."
1 Samuel 4:10
The Philistines fought and Israel was defeated; each of them fled to his own tent. It was a very great slaughter, and 30,000 soldiers of Israel died.
1 Samuel 31:1
The Philistines fought against Israel, and the army of Israel fled before the Philistines. They fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 12:2
Equipped as archers, they could use both their right and left hands to shoot arrows and hurl stones. As descendants of Benjamin, they were Saul's relatives.
Psalm 78:57
They fell away and were as disloyal as their ancestors. They became unreliable, like a defective bow;
Luke 22:33
Peter told him, "Lord, I am ready to go even to prison and to die with you!"