Psalm 78:57 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵⁷ But they turned back And acted treacherously like their fathers; They twisted like a treacherous bow.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁷ 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)

⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Common English Bible

⁵⁷ They turned away, became faithless just like their ancestors; they twisted away like a defective bow.

Psalm 78:57 Cross References

Hosea 7:16

“They return but not above. They have been like a slack bow. Their rulers fall by the sword for the cursings of their tongue. This is their scorn in the land of Mitsrayim.

Psalm 78:8

And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation which did not prepare its heart, Whose spirit was not steadfast to Ěl.

Psalm 78:41

And again and again they tried Ěl, And provoked the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl.

Judges 3:12

and the children of Yisra’ĕl again did evil in the eyes of יהוה. And יהוה made Eḡlon sovereign of Mo’aḇ strong against Yisra’ĕl, because they had done evil in the eyes of יהוה.

Isaiah 1:4

Alas, sinning nation, a people loaded with crookedness, a seed of evil-doers, sons acting corruptly! They have forsaken יהוה, they have provoked the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl, they went backward.