Psalms 78:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.”

What this verse means

A short, plain-language explanation of Psalms 78:9 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.

Compare translations
BSBPD

“The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Sons of Ephraim--armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
Open the full comparison
Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 78:9 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 1:41“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.
  2. Joshua 17:16“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”
  3. Judges 9:28Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
  4. Judges 9:38“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”
  5. Judges 20:39the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”
  6. 1 Samuel 4:10So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
  7. 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
  8. 1 Chronicles 12:2they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
  9. Psalms 78:57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
  10. Luke 22:33“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Keep exploring