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


In Context

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.

Psalms 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

78:9The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot with the bow: they have turned back in 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.