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Psalms 78:9

78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. that: Heb. that prepared not their heart
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. carrying: Heb. throwing forth

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

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

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

78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

What does Psalms 78:9 mean?

Psalms 78:9 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בֵּן (bên), אֶפְרַיִם (ʼEphrayim), נָשַׁק (nâshaq).

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childrenבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
of
Ephraim,אֶפְרַיִםʼEphrayim/ef-rah'-yim/H669Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
being
armed,נָשַׁקnâshaq/naw-shak'/H5401to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
and
carryingרָמָהrâmâh/raw-maw'/H7411to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)
bows,קֶשֶׁתqesheth/keh'-sheth/H7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
turned
backהָפַךְhâphak/haw-fak'/H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
in
the
dayיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
of
battle.קְרָבqᵉrâb/ker-awb'/H7128hostile encounter
carrying:
Heb.
throwing
forth

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:9.

1 Chronicles 12:2

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

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 17:17

And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

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

Genesis 5:4

And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 6:4

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Genesis 7:13

In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

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What does Psalms 78:9 say?

Psalms 78:9 (King James Version) reads: "The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. carrying: Heb. throwing forth"

Is Psalms 78:9 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:9 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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