Verse Comparison: Psalms 78:9
American Standard Version
The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
Amplified® Bible
The children of Ephraim were armed and carrying bows, yet they turned back in the day of battle.
Contemporary English Version
The warriors from Ephraim were armed with arrows, but they ran away when the battle began.
Darby English Version
The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.
Good News Bible
The Ephraimites, armed with bows and arrows, ran away on the day of battle.
King James Version
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows, {Yet} they turned back in the day of battle.
New International Version
The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,
turned back on the day of battle;
New King James Version
The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows,
Turned back in the day of battle.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The sons of Ephraim resembled archers equipped with bows, Yet they turned back in the day of battle.
Revised Standard Version
The E'phraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle.
Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.