King James Version
psalm 78:9 in the King James Version says “The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. carrying: Heb. throwing forth” — study this verse from psalm chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. carrying: Heb. throwing forth”
psalm 78:9 · KJV
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
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
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
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