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Psalms 78:9

Ephraim

7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed 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 from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:41–44

    Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.

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  • Joshua 17:16–18

    And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

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  • Psalms 78:57

    But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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  • Judges 9:28

    And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?

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  • Judges 20:39

    And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

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  • 1 Samuel 4:10

    And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

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  • 1 Chronicles 12:2

    They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.

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