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Psalms 78:57

78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

What does Psalms 78:57 mean?

Psalms 78:57 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include סוּג (çûwg), בָּגַד (bâgad), אָב (ʼâb).

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But
turned
back,סוּגçûwg/soog/H5472properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)
and
dealt
unfaithfullyבָּגַדbâgad/baw-gad'/H898to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
like
their
fathers:אָבʼâb/awb/H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
they
were
turned
asideהָפַךְhâphak/haw-fak'/H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
like
a
deceitfulרְמִיָּהrᵉmîyâh/rem-ee-yaw'/H7423remissness, treachery
bow.קֶשֶׁתqesheth/keh'-sheth/H7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:57.

1 Kings 22:34

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. at a: Heb. in his simplicity joints: Heb. joints and the breastplate wounded: Heb. made sick

2 Chronicles 18:33

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. at a venture: Heb. in his simplicity between: Heb. between the joints and between the breastplate wounded: Heb. made sick

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What does Psalms 78:57 say?

Psalms 78:57 (King James Version) reads: "But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow."

Is Psalms 78:57 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:57 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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