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Psalms 78:9

Ephraim

7 that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.

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.

The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.

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

11 They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
KJV
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
WEB
The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
ASV
The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
DARBY
The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.
BLB
The sons of Ephraim, handling [and] shooting the bow, turned back on the day of battle.
ÅB
Efra'ims barn, de rustede bueskyttere, vendte om på stridens dag.
OTB
Efraims sønner, bevæpnet med buer,
Men trakk seg tilbake på stridens dag.
B1930
Efra'ims barn, de rustede bueskyttere, vendte om på stridens dag.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 31:1

    Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:41–44

    “We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

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  • Joshua 17:16–18

    “The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”

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  • Psalms 78:57

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

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  • Judges 9:28

    Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

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  • Judges 20:39

    the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”

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  • 1 Samuel 4:10

    So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

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  • 1 Chronicles 12:2

    they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):

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