King James Version
Psalms 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 Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. carrying: Heb. throwing forth”
Psalms 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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Ephraim”
H669ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“being armed”
H5401to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
“and carrying”
H7411to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)
“turned back”
H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
“in the day”
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 asso
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