9The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;
9The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;
6 so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.
7 Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
8 They would not be like their forefathers- a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;
10 they did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law.
11 They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them.
78:9The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
78:9The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot with the bow: they have turned back in the day of battle.
78:9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
78:9The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.
78:9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
78:9The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
78:9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
78:9Sons of Ephraim — armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
78:9The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.