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I Will Open My Mouth in Parables

Psalms 78:37

In 11 translations

BSB
Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
KJV
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
WEB
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
ASV
For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
LSV
And their heart has not been right with Him, || And they have not been steadfast in His covenant.
YLT
And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.
DBY
For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
DRC77:37
But their heart was not right with him: nor were they counted faithful in his covenant.
GNV
For their heart was not vpright with him: neither were they faithfull in his couenant.
JPS
For their heart was not stedfast with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.
LXXE77:37
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְ֭לִבָּם לֹא־נָכ֣וֹן עִמּ֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א נֶ֝אֶמְנ֗וּ בִּבְרִיתֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br77:37
ἐψεύσαντο αὐτῷ· ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν οὐκ εὐθεῖα μετʼ αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἐπιστώθησαν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 8:21You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
  • Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
  • Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
  • Psalms 119:80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
  • Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
  • Hosea 7:16–8:1They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
  • Deuteronomy 31:20When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will…
  • Hosea 10:2Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
  • Psalms 44:17–18All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant. Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 77:37 in some Bibles
  • 78:37 in most Bibles

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