Psalms 78:57

But drew back and dealt treacherously, like their fathers, They turned aside, like deceitful bowmen;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

56But they tested and resisted God Most High, And, his testimonies, did not observe;

58And provoked him to anger with their high places, And, with their images, used to move him to jealousy.

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Cross References

Judges 3:5And thus, the sons of Israel, dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites,—the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites;

Psalms 78:8And not become, like their fathers, a generation stubborn and rebellious,—A generation that fixed not their heart, Neither was their spirit, faithful with GOD.

Psalms 78:41Yea they again put GOD to the test, And, to the Holy One of Israel, caused they sorrow:

Ezekiel 20:27Therefore speak thou unto the house of Israel Son of man, and say unto them, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh,— Yet further in this, did your fathers insult me, by the treachery wherewith they dealt treacherously against me;

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:41-72

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among… Read the whole commentary →

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