Psalms 78:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א הֶ֭אֱמִינוּ בֵּאלֹהִ֑ים וְלֹ֥א בָ֝טְח֗וּ בִּֽישׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Because kî not lōʾ heʾĕmînû in bēʾlōhîm and not wᵉlōʾ bāṭᵉḥû in his bîšûʿātô

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - because/for
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*heʾĕmînû*: hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they believed
*bēʾlōhîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - in God
*wᵉlōʾ*: waw conjunctive + negative particle - and not
*bāṭᵉḥû*: qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they trusted
*bîšûʿātô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his salvation/deliverance

Word Meanings

*heʾĕmînû*: they believed/had faith in/trusted
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/judges
*bāṭᵉḥû*: they trusted/relied on/were confident in
*yᵉšûʿâ*: salvation/deliverance/victory/help

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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

Heb 3:18-19 : 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but {G3361} to them that were disobedient? 19 And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.
Heb 11:6 : 6 And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing [unto him]; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
1 John 5:10 : 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.
Jude 1:5 : 5 Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
Deut 1:32 : 32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God,
Ps 106:24 : 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
Isa 7:9 : 9 and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
Heb 3:12 : 12 Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 78:32-33
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32For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.
33Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.
Ps 106:24-25
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77%
24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
25But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
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18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but {G3361} to them that were disobedient?
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Deut 1:32
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32Yet in this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God,
Ps 78:10-11
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10They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
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Ps 78:37
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37For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
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4Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
Ps 78:42
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42They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
Ps 107:11
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11Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:
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12And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.
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58And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
Ps 106:12-13
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Job 34:27
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27Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
Ps 78:56
69%
56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;
Ps 78:21
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21Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;
John 16:9
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9of sin, because they believe not on me;
Ps 78:23
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23Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;
Ps 106:21
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21They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,
Ps 78:7-8
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7That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,
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John 12:37
69%
37But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on him:
Ps 52:7
68%
7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
2 Sam 22:42
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39For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again,
2 Kgs 17:14
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14Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.
Rom 11:30-31
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30For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
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2 Thess 2:10
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Jer 3:23
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23Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.
Isa 30:12
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12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;
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29For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
Heb 4:6
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11As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
Neh 9:16
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16But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
2 Kgs 18:12
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Ps 119:155
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Num 14:22
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Rom 3:3
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