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Psalm 78:57

American Standard Version

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

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Psalm 78:57 in other translations

but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers.
They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

Psalm 78:57 · World English Bible

Psalm 78:57 in context

  1. 55He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
  2. 56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;
  3. 57But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
  4. 58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
  5. 59When God heard this, he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;