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Psalms 78:9

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

KJV

Adjuva nos, Deus salutaris noster, et propter gloriam nominis tui, Domine, libera nos : et propitius esto peccatis nostris, propter nomen tuum.

Vulgate

βοήθησον ἡμῖν, ὁ θεὸς ὁ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν, ἕνεκα τῆς δόξης τοῦ ὀνόματός σου· Κύριε, ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἱλάσθητι ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν ἕνεκα τοῦ ὀνόματός σου·

LXX

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

ASV

בְּֽנֵי אֶפְרַ֗יִם נוֹשְׁקֵ֥י רוֹמֵי קָ֑שֶׁת הָ֝פְכ֗וּ בְּ/י֣וֹם קְרָֽב

Hebrew

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People Ephraim

In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶפְרַ֔יִם
'prym
proper_noun · 179×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הָפַ֣ךְ
hpk
verb · 94×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּשַּׁק
yshq
verb · 35×
נִי
ny
verb · 13×
קְרָֽב
qrb
noun · 9×
קֶ֣שֶׁת
qsht
noun · 76×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 4:10 — And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
  • 1Sam 31:1 — Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
  • Deut 1:41 — Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war
  • Josh 17:16 — And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and the
  • Judg 9:28 — And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for
  • Judg 20:39 — And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first bat
  • Ps 78:57 — But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.