Psalm 78:9 “The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.”

Psalm 78:9

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

The children of Ephraim being armed and shooting with the bowe, turned backe in the day of battell.

Darby Translation

The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.

Young's Literal Translation

Sons of Ephraim — armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

Bible in Basic English

The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, were turned back on the day of the fight.

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Cross references

“The children”

1 Samuel 31:1 Deuteronomy 1:41–44 Joshua 17:16–18 1 Samuel 4:10

1 Samuel 31:1 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 1:41–44 · BSB

“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.

Joshua 17:16–18 · BSB

“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.”

1 Samuel 4:10 · BSB

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.

“turned”

Judges 9:28 Judges 9:38–40 Luke 22:33

Judges 9:28 · BSB

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 sho…

Judges 9:38–40 · BSB

“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”

Luke 22:33 · BSB

“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”

Also

Psalm 78:57 Judges 20:39 1 Chronicles 12:2

Psalm 78:57 · BSB

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

Judges 20:39 · BSB

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.”

1 Chronicles 12:2 · BSB

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

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

In context

8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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

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