Psalms 78:10

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

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

Hebrew Names Version
They didn't keep the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law.

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

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

New Century Version
They didn't keep their agreement with God and refused to live by his teachings.

New English Translation
They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.

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

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

World English Bible
They didn't keep the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law.

Geneva Bible (1587)
They kept not the couenant of God, but refused to walke in his Lawe,

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

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

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

Complete Jewish Bible
They did not keep the covenant of God and refused to live by his Torah.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
They did not keep their agreement with God. They refused to obey his teachings.

George Lamsa Translation
For they kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

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

Lexham English Bible
They did not keep the covenant of God and refused to go in his law.

Literal Translation
They did not keep the covenant of God and refused to walk in His Law.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Like as the children of Ephraim, which beynge harnessed and carienge bowes, turned them selues backe in the tyme of battayll.

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

Bible in Basic English
They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in His law;

King James Version (1611)
They kept not the couenant of God: and refused to walke in his Law:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
They kept not the couenaunt of God: and they woulde not walke in his law.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They kept not the covenant of God, and would not walk in his law.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thei kepten not the testament of God; and thei nolden go in his lawe.

Update Bible Version
They did not keep the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;

Webster's Bible Translation
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 Living Translation
They did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his instructions.

New Life Bible
They did not keep the agreement of God. And they would not walk in His Law.

New Revised Standard
They did not keep God's covenant, but refused to walk according to his law.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They kept not the covenant of God, And, in his law, refused to walk;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(77-10) They kept not the covenant of God: and in his law they would not walk.

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

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His law;

Contextual Overview

⁹The Ephraimites, armed to the teeth, ran off when the battle began. They were cowards to God's Covenant, refused to walk by his Word. They forgot what he had done— marvels he'd done right before their eyes. He performed miracles in plain sight of their parents in Egypt, out on the fields of Zoan. He split the Sea and they walked right through it; he piled the waters to the right and the left. He led them by day with a cloud, led them all the night long with a fiery torch. He split rocks in the wilderness, gave them all they could drink from underground springs; He made creeks flow out from sheer rock, and water pour out like a river. ¹⁷All they did was sin even more, rebel in the desert against the High God. They tried to get their own way with God, clamored for favors, for special attention. They whined like spoiled children, "Why can't God give us a decent meal in this desert? Sure, he struck the rock and the water flowed, creeks cascaded from the rock. But how about some fresh-baked bread? How about a nice cut of meat?" ²¹When God heard that, he was furious— his anger flared against Jacob, he lost his temper with Israel. It was clear they didn't believe God, had no intention of trusting in his help. But God helped them anyway, commanded the clouds and gave orders that opened the gates of heaven. He rained down showers of manna to eat, he gave them the Bread of Heaven. They ate the bread of the mighty angels; he sent them all the food they could eat. He let East Wind break loose from the skies, gave a strong push to South Wind. This time it was birds that rained down— succulent birds, an abundance of birds. He aimed them right for the center of their camp; all round their tents there were birds. They ate and had their fill; he handed them everything they craved on a platter. But their greed knew no bounds; they stuffed their mouths with more and more. Finally, God was fed up, his anger erupted— he cut down their brightest and best, he laid low Israel's finest young men. ³²And—can you believe it?—they kept right on sinning; all those wonders and they still wouldn't believe! So their lives dribbled off to nothing— nothing to show for their lives but a ghost town. When he cut them down, they came running for help; they turned and pled for mercy. They gave witness that God was their rock, that High God was their redeemer, But they didn't mean a word of it; they lied through their teeth the whole time. They could not have cared less about him, wanted nothing to do with his Covenant. ³⁸And God? Compassionate! Forgave the sin! Didn't destroy! Over and over he reined in his anger, restrained his considerable wrath. He knew what they were made of; he knew there wasn't much to them, How often in the desert they had spurned him, tried his patience in those wilderness years. Time and again they pushed him to the limit, provoked Israel's Holy God. How quickly they forgot what he'd done, forgot their day of rescue from the enemy, When he did miracles in Egypt, wonders on the plain of Zoan. He turned the River and its streams to blood— not a drop of water fit to drink. He sent flies, which ate them alive, and frogs, which bedeviled them. He turned their harvest over to caterpillars, everything they had worked for to the locusts. He flattened their grapevines with hail; a killing frost ruined their orchards. He pounded their cattle with hail, let thunderbolts loose on their herds. His anger flared, a wild firestorm of havoc, An advance guard of disease-carrying angels to clear the ground, preparing the way before him. He didn't spare those people, he let the plague rage through their lives. He killed all the Egyptian firstborns, lusty infants, offspring of Ham's virility. Then he led his people out like sheep, took his flock safely through the wilderness. He took good care of them; they had nothing to fear. The Sea took care of their enemies for good. He brought them into his holy land, this mountain he claimed for his own. He scattered everyone who got in their way; he staked out an inheritance for them— the tribes of Israel all had their own places.

Bible Verse Review
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Deuteronomy 31:16, Deuteronomy 31:20, Judges 2:10-12, 2 Kings 17:14, 2 Kings 17:15, Nehemiah 9:26-29, Jeremiah 31:32

Reciprocal: Exodus 16:28 - General 2 Kings 10:31 - walk 1 Chronicles 16:17 - for a law Psalms 78:57 - they were Ezekiel 5:6 - for they Ezekiel 11:12 - General Hebrews 8:9 - they continued

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They kept not the covenant of God,.... Either the covenant of circumcision, which was neglected during their travels through the wilderness, Joshua 5:5 or the covenant made with the people of Israel at Mount Sinai, Exodus 24:7 and this is to be understood not of the children of Ephraim only, but of the Israelites in general, who in many instances broke the covenant, and were not steadfast in it, Psalms 78:37,

Psalms 78:37- :

and refused to walk in his law; the law of God, which was given forth by him, by the disposition of angels, through the hands of a mediator, Moses, as a rule of their walk and conversation; but they refused to order their conversation according to it, being unwilling to be subject to it, but despised and cast it away; a sad instance of the corruption of human nature, and the depravity of man's will, boasted of for its freedom, yet what is common, and to be observed in all mankind.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They kept not the covenant of God - The covenant which God had made with the entire Hebrew people. They did not maintain their allegiance to Yahweh. Compare Deuteronomy 4:13, Deuteronomy 4:23; Deuteronomy 17:2.

And refused to walk in his law - Refused to obey his law. They rebelled against him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 78:10. They kept not the covenant of God — They abandoned his worship, both moral and ritual. They acted like the Ephraimites in the above case, who threw down their bows and arrows, and ran away.