9The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot with the bow: they have turned back in the day of battle.


In Context

6 that another generation might know them. The children that should be born and should rise up, and declare them to their children.

7 That they may put their hope in God and may not forget the works of God: and may seek his commandments.

8 That they may not become like their fathers, a perverse end exasperating generation. A generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

9 The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot with the bow: they have turned back in the day of battle.

10 They kept not the covenant of God: and in his law they would not walk.

11 And they forgot his benefits, and his wonders that he had shewn them.

Psalm 78:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

78:9The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

78:9The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

78:9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

78:9The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

78:9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

78:9The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

78:9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

78:9Sons of Ephraim — armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

78:9The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.