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Psalms 78:57

55 He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

56 But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

58 They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.

59 On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.

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BSB
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
KJV
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
WEB
but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
ASV
But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
DARBY
And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.
BLB
And they turned back and were treacherous like their fathers; they were turned like a bow of deceit.
ÅB
De vek av og var troløse, som deres fedre, de vendte om, slik som en bue som svikter.
OTB
Men vendte tilbake og handlet svikefullt som deres forfedre;
De vendte seg bort som en feilaktig bue.
B1930
De vek av og var troløse, som deres fedre, de vendte om, likesom en bue som svikter.

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Cross references

  • Hosea 7:16

    They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

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  • Ezekiel 20:27–28

    Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me.

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  • Psalms 78:8

    Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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  • Judges 3:5–7

    Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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  • Psalms 78:10–37

    They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.

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  • Judges 3:12

    Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

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  • Psalms 78:41

    Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

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