Psalm 78:56–58
Psalm 78:56–58 — The New International Version (NIV)
56 But they put God to the test
and rebelled against the Most High;
they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.
58 They angered him with their high places;
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
Psalm 78:56–58 — English Standard Version (ESV)
56 Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God
and did not keep his testimonies,
57 but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
they twisted like a deceitful bow.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places;
they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
Psalm 78:56–58 — New Living Translation (NLT)
56 But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High.
They did not obey his laws.
57 They turned back and were as faithless as their parents.
They were as undependable as a crooked bow.
58 They angered God by building shrines to other gods;
they made him jealous with their idols.
Psalm 78:56–58 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
56 Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God,
And did not keep His testimonies,
57 But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;
They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 For they provoked Him to anger with their high places,
And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.
Psalm 78:56–58 — New Century Version (NCV)
56 But they tested God
and turned against God Most High;
they did not keep his rules.
57 They turned away and were disloyal just like their ancestors.
They were like a crooked bow that does not shoot straight.
58 They made God angry by building places to worship gods;
they made him jealous with their idols.
Psalm 78:56–58 — American Standard Version (ASV)
56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God,
And kept not his testimonies;
57 But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers:
They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places,
And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Psalm 78:56–58 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
56 But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies, 57 And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow. 58 And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Psalm 78:56–58 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
56 They tested God Most High and rebelled against him.
They did not obey his written instructions.
57 They were disloyal and treacherous like their ancestors.
They were like arrows shot from a defective bow.
58 They made him angry because of their illegal worship sites.
They made him furious because they worshiped idols.
Psalm 78:56–58 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
56 But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,
for they did not keep His decrees.
57 They treacherously turned away like their fathers;
they became warped like a faulty bow.
58 They enraged Him with their high places
and provoked His jealousy with their carved images.
Psalm 78:56–58 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
56 Yet they tested the Most High God,
and rebelled against him.
They did not observe his decrees,
57 but turned away and were faithless like their ancestors;
they twisted like a treacherous bow.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places;
they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
Psalm 78:56–58 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
56 But they tested and rebelled against God Most High
and did not keep his statutes.
57 And they turned and were treacherous like their ancestors.
They twisted like a crooked bow.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places,
and made him jealous with their images.
Psalm 78:56–58 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
56 But they put God to the test.
They refused to obey the Most High God.
They didn’t keep his laws.
57 Like their people who lived before them,
they turned away from him and were not faithful.
They were like a bow that doesn’t shoot straight.
They couldn’t be trusted.
58 They made God angry by going to their high places.
They made him jealous by worshiping the statues of their gods.
Psalm 78:56–58 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
57 But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers;
They turned aside like a treacherous bow.
58 For they provoked Him with their high places
And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.