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 heartThe children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. carrying: Heb. throwing forth
KJV
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.
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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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 22:34And 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 17:17And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
2 Chronicles 18:33And 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 5:4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 6:4There 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 7:13In 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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