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Psalm 78:57

World English Bible

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

Psalm 78:57 · American Standard Version

Psalm 78:57 in context

  1. 55He also drove out the nations before them,
    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 didn’t keep his testimonies,
  3. 57but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers.
    They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
  4. 58For they provoked him to anger with their high places,
    and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
  5. 59When God heard this, he was angry,
    and greatly abhorred Israel,