Psalm 78:57 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But they turned back and dealt unfaithfully and treacherously like their fathers; they were twisted like a warped and deceitful bow [that will not respond to the archer's aim].

American Standard Version (1901)

But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Common English Bible

They turned away, became faithless just like their ancestors; they twisted away like a defective bow.

Psalm 78:57 Cross References

Psalm 78:41

They tested him again and again, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:8

and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Isaiah 1:4

Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.

Hosea 7:16

They turn to Baal; they are like a treacherous bow, their princes shall fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Judges 3:12

And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord.