Psalm 78:57
Strong's Lexicon
They turned back
וַיִּסֹּ֣גוּ (way·yis·sō·ḡū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5472: 1) to move, go, turn back, move away, backslide 1a) (Qal) to backslide, prove recreant to 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself away, turn back 1b2) to be turned or driven back, be repulsed

and were faithless
וַֽ֭יִּבְגְּדוּ (way·yiḇ·gə·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 898: 1) to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously 1a) (Qal) to act or deal treacherously, faithlessly, deceitfully, offend

like their fathers,
כַּאֲבוֹתָ֑ם (ka·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)

twisted
נֶ֝הְפְּכ֗וּ (neh·pə·ḵū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2015: 1) to turn, overthrow, overturn 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to overturn, overthrow 1a2) to turn, turn about, turn over, turn around 1a3) to change, transform 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, turn, turn back 1b2) to change oneself 1b3) to be perverse 1b4) to be turned, be turned over, be changed, be turned against 1b5) to be reversed 1b6) to be overturned, be overthrown 1b7) to be upturned 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to transform oneself 1c2) to turn this way and that, turn every way 1d) (Hophal) to turn on someone

like a faulty
רְמִיָּֽה׃ (rə·mî·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7423: 1) laxness, slackness, slackening, deceit, treachery

bow.
כְּקֶ֣שֶׁת (kə·qe·šeṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7198: 1) bow 1a) bow (for hunting, battle) 1b) bowmen, archers 1c) bow (fig. of might) 1d) rainbow

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

Young's Literal Translation
And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They treacherously turned away like their fathers; they became warped like a faulty bow.

New American Standard Bible
But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers; They turned aside like a treacherous bow.

King James Bible
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.

New Living Translation
They turned back and were as faithless as their parents. They were as undependable as a crooked bow.

English Standard Version
but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.

New American Standard Bible
But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers; They turned aside like a treacherous bow.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They treacherously turned away like their fathers; they became warped like a faulty bow.

International Standard Version
They fell away and were as disloyal as their ancestors. They became unreliable, like a defective bow;

NET Bible
They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.

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

English Revised Version
But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Young's Literal Translation
And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,
















Cross References
Psalm 44:17
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

Psalm 44:18
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

Psalm 78:9
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

Psalm 85:8
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

Psalm 106:6
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

Ezekiel 20:27
Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

Ezekiel 20:28
For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.

Hosea 7:16
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 78:56
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

Psalm 78:55
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
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