Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law;
New American Standard Bible
And refused to
King James Version
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Holman Bible
and refused to live by His law.
International Standard Version
They did not keep God's covenant, and refused to live by his Law.
A Conservative Version
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law.
American Standard Version
They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
Amplified
They did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to walk according to His law;
Darby Translation
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Julia Smith Translation
They watched not the covenant of God, and in his law they refused to go;
King James 2000
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Lexham Expanded Bible
They did not keep the covenant of God and refused to go in his law.
Modern King James verseion
They did not keep the covenant of God, and refused to walk in His Law.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They kept not the covenant of God, and would not walk in 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.
The Emphasized Bible
They kept not the covenant of God, And, in his law, refused to walk;
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,
Themes
Disobedience to God » Provokes his anger
The law of God » The wicked » Refuse to walk in
Self-will » Exhibited in » Refusing to walk in the ways of God
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to walk in the ways of God
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
9 The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, were turned back on the day of the fight. 10 They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law; 11 They let his works go out of their memory, and the wonders which he had made them see.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:16
And the Lord said to Moses, Now you are going to rest with your fathers; and this people will be false to me, uniting themselves to the strange gods of the land where they are going; they will be turned away from me and will not keep the agreement I have made with them.
Deuteronomy 31:20
For when I have taken them into the land named in my oath to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, and they have made themselves full of food and are fat, then they will be turned to other gods and will give them worship, no longer honouring me or keeping my agreement.
Judges 2:10-12
And in time death overtook all that generation; and another generation came after them, having no knowledge of the Lord or of the things which he had done for Israel.
2 Kings 17:14-15
And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.
Nehemiah 9:26-29
But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.
Jeremiah 31:32
Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord.