Psalms 78:42

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Judg 8:34 : 34 And the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
Ps 78:11 : 11 And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.
Ps 78:21-22 : 21 Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel; 22 Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.
Ps 106:7-9 : 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea. 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness. 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Ps 136:10-15 : 10 To him that smote Egypt in their first-born; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 11 And brought out Israel from among them; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 12 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 13 To him that divided the Red Sea in sunder; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
Isa 11:11 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Jer 32:21 : 21 and didst bring forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;
Exod 13:9 : 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt.
Exod 14:12 : 12 Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Exod 14:30-31 : 30 Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore. 31 And Israel saw the great work which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared Jehovah: and they believed in Jehovah, and in his servant Moses.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 78:10-11
2 verses
82%
10They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
11And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.
Judg 8:34
81%
34And the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
Ps 106:21
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21They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,
Ps 106:7
77%
7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
Ps 106:13
76%
13They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
Ps 78:35
76%
35And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.
Ps 78:43
76%
43How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan,
Ps 106:10
74%
10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Ps 78:39-41
3 verses
73%
39And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
41And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.
1 Sam 12:9
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9But they forgat Jehovah their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.
Ps 106:42-46
5 verses
73%
42Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
44Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:
45And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
46He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive.
Ps 78:32
72%
32For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.
Neh 9:16-17
2 verses
72%
16But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
17and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.
Ps 78:56
72%
56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;
Gen 40:23
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23Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
Deut 32:18
72%
18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth.
Ps 78:61
72%
61And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the adversary's hand.
Ps 78:7-8
2 verses
71%
7That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,
8And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Deut 9:7
71%
7Remember, forget thou not, how thou provokedst Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah.
Ps 106:24
71%
24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
Ps 78:22
71%
22Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.
Hos 13:6
71%
6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.
Jer 2:6
71%
6Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Job 34:27
71%
27Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
Ps 77:10
71%
10And I said, This is my infirmity; [But I will remember] the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Ps 44:17
71%
17All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Deut 8:14
71%
14then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
Isa 63:11
71%
11Then he remembered the days of old, Moses [and] his people, [saying], Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?
Ps 78:37
70%
37For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Isa 43:18
70%
18Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Ps 44:3
70%
3For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.
Ps 78:53
70%
53And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Neh 9:28
70%
28But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee; therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies,
Isa 44:18
69%
18They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Ps 50:22
69%
22Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
Hos 7:2
69%
2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.
2 Kgs 17:40
69%
40Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
Ps 44:20
69%
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
Deut 9:27
69%
27Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,
Deut 25:17
69%
17Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt;