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Psalms 78:67

Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

KJV

Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

ASV

וַ֭/יִּמְאַס בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל יוֹסֵ֑ף וּֽ/בְ/שֵׁ֥בֶט אֶ֝פְרַ֗יִם לֹ֣א בָחָֽר

Hebrew

And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.

YLT

Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,

WEB

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In this verse

People JosephEphraimJosephJosephJoseph

In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶפְרַ֔יִם
'prym
proper_noun · 179×
אֹ֣הֶל
'hl
noun · 344×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מָאָ֔סוּ
m'sv
verb · 76×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:44 — If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for
  • Ps 87:2 — The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.