Psalm 78:10
New International Version
they did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his law.

New Living Translation
They did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his instructions.

English Standard Version
They did not keep God’s covenant, but refused to walk according to his law.

Berean Standard Bible
They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.

King James Bible
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

New King James Version
They did not keep the covenant of God; They refused to walk in His law,

New American Standard Bible
They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His Law;

NASB 1995
They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His law;

NASB 1977
They did not keep the covenant of God, And refused to walk in His law;

Legacy Standard Bible
They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His law;

Amplified Bible
They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk according to His law;

Christian Standard Bible
They did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his law.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.

American Standard Version
They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;

Contemporary English Version
They broke their agreement with God, and they turned their backs on his teaching.

English Revised Version
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They had not been faithful to God's promise. They refused to follow his teachings.

Good News Translation
They did not keep their covenant with God; they refused to obey his law.

International Standard Version
They did not keep God's covenant, and refused to live by his Law.

Majority Standard Bible
They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.

NET Bible
They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.

New Heart English Bible
They did not keep God's covenant, and refused to walk by his Law.

Webster's Bible Translation
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

World English Bible
They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
They have not kept the covenant of God, "" And they have refused to walk in His law,

Young's Literal Translation
They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,

Smith's Literal Translation
They watched not the covenant of God, and in his law they refused to go;
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
They kept not the covenant of God: and in his law they would not walk.

Catholic Public Domain Version
They have not kept the covenant of God. And they were not willing to walk in his law.

New American Bible
They did not keep God’s covenant; they refused to walk according to his law.

New Revised Standard Version
They did not keep God’s covenant, but refused to walk according to his law.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For they kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
For they did not keep the covenant of God and they did not choose to walk in his Law.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in His law;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They kept not the covenant of God, and would not walk in his law.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
9The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle. 10They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law. 11They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.…

Cross References
Judges 2:20-21
So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice, / I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.

2 Kings 17:15
They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.

2 Kings 17:19-20
and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced. / So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.

Hosea 8:1
Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

Hosea 8:12
Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.

Hosea 6:7
But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

Jeremiah 11:10
They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.

Jeremiah 31:32
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 20:13
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 20:21
But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.

1 Samuel 12:9-10
But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them. / Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’

2 Chronicles 36:14-16
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. / Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Nehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

Isaiah 24:5
The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!


Treasury of Scripture

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

Deuteronomy 31:16,20
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them…

Judges 2:10-12
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel…

2 Kings 17:14,15
Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God…

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They did not keep
The phrase "They did not keep" indicates a failure to adhere to a covenant or command. In the Hebrew context, the word "keep" often translates to "shamar," which means to guard, observe, or give heed. This implies a deliberate neglect or disobedience. Historically, the Israelites were given the Law as a covenant to maintain their relationship with God. Their failure to "keep" it reflects a broader theme of human disobedience and the need for divine grace.

God’s covenant
The term "God’s covenant" refers to the solemn agreement between God and His people. In Hebrew, "covenant" is "berith," which signifies a binding promise. This covenant was central to Israel's identity, involving promises of land, blessing, and a relationship with God. Theologically, it underscores God's faithfulness and the expectation of reciprocal faithfulness from His people. The breaking of this covenant is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, highlighting the need for a new covenant fulfilled in Christ.

and refused to live by His law
"Refused to live by His law" suggests a willful rejection of God's instructions. The Hebrew word for "law" is "torah," which encompasses teaching, direction, and instruction. This refusal is not merely a passive neglect but an active decision to turn away from God's guidance. Historically, this reflects periods in Israel's history where they turned to idolatry and other nations' practices, leading to consequences such as exile. Spiritually, it serves as a warning of the dangers of turning away from divine wisdom and the blessings of obedience.

Verse 10. - They kept not the covenant of God (comp. Deuteronomy 29:25; Deuteronomy 31:20; 1 Kings 19:10, 14, etc.). And refused to walk in his law (see Judges 2:11-13; Judges 8:33; Judges 10:10).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They did not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

keep
שָׁ֭מְרוּ (mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

God’s
אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

covenant
בְּרִ֣ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1285: A covenant

and refused
מֵאֲנ֥וּ (mê·’ă·nū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3985: To refuse

to live
לָלֶֽכֶת׃ (lā·le·ḵeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

by His law.
וּ֝בְתוֹרָת֗וֹ (ū·ḇə·ṯō·w·rā·ṯōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law


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