Psalm 78:10 “They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.”

Psalm 78:10

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

They kept not the couenant of God, but refused to walke in his Lawe,

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,

Bible in Basic English

They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law;

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Cross references

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

Deuteronomy 31:20 Deuteronomy 31:16 Judges 2:10–12 Nehemiah 9:26–29 Jeremiah 31:32 2 Kings 17:14

Deuteronomy 31:20 · BSB

When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will rejec…

Deuteronomy 31:16 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant…

Judges 2:10–12 · BSB

After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.

Nehemiah 9:26–29 · BSB

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

Jeremiah 31:32 · BSB

It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them, ” declares the LORD.

2 Kings 17:14 · BSB

But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.

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

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