The Ephraimite archers turned back on the day of battle.

以法莲的子孙带着兵器，拿着弓，临阵之日转身退后。

以法莲人带着兵器，拿着弓，临阵之日转身退后。

以法莲人带着兵器，拿着弓，临阵之日转身退后。

以法莲人备上了弓箭，却临阵逃命。

以法莲的子孙，虽然备有弓箭，在争战的日子，却转身逃走。

以法莲的子孙是装备好的弓箭手，但他们在战斗之日转身而逃。

以法蓮的子孫帶着兵器，拿着弓，臨陣之日轉身退後。

以法蓮人帶着兵器，拿着弓，臨陣之日轉身退後。

以法蓮人帶着兵器，拿着弓，臨陣之日轉身退後。

以法蓮人備上了弓箭，卻臨陣逃命。

以法蓮的子孫，雖然備有弓箭，在爭戰的日子，卻轉身逃走。

放縱無度詐偽不忠之輩、就像接戰之日乖張的弓一樣。

以法蓮的子孫是裝備好的弓箭手，但他們在戰鬥之日轉身而逃。

以法蓮裔持械執弓、臨戰卻退兮、

勿效以法蓮支派、備兵戈、執弓矢、臨戰而披靡兮、

以法蓮之後裔、如人持弓箭器械、臨陣之時、回身逃避、

法蓮子孫。攜弓手刃。臨陣之日。逡巡而遯。

The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;

The soldiers of Ephraim were armed with bows. But they ran away on the day of battle.

The Ephraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle.

The warriors of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned their backs and fled on the day of battle.

The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows, Yet they turned back on the day of battle.

The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.

The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.

The Ephraimite archers turned back on the day of battle.

The children of Ephraim,[ being] armed,[ and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

The Ephraimites were armed with bows, but they retreated in the day of battle.

The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

“ You answered me,‘ We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight just as the LORD our God commanded us.’ Then each of you put on his weapons of war and thought it would be easy to go up into the hill country.“ But the LORD said to me,‘ Tell them: Don’t go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from being defeated by your enemies.’So I spoke to you, but you didn’t listen. You rebelled against the LORD’s command and defiantly went up into the hill country.Then the Amorites who lived there came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir as far as Hormah.

So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was severe— thirty thousand of the Israelite foot soldiers fell.

But the descendants of Joseph said,“ The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who inhabit the valley area have iron chariots, both at Beth-shean with its surrounding villages and in the Jezreel Valley.”So Joshua replied to Joseph’s family( that is, Ephraim and Manasseh),“ You have many people and great strength. You will not have just one allotment,because the hill country will be yours also. It is a forest; clear it and its outlying areas will be yours. You can also drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.”

Gaal son of Ebed said,“ Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem that we should serve him? Isn’t he the son of Jerubbaal, and isn’t Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

Zebul replied,“ What do you have to say now? You said,‘ Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Aren’t these the troops you despised? Now go and fight them!”So Gaal went out leading the citizens of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. Numerous bodies were strewn as far as the entrance of the city gate.

the men of Israel would return to the battle. When Benjamin had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said,“ They’re defeated before us, just as they were in the first battle.”

They treacherously turned away like their ancestors; they became warped like a faulty bow.

The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel’s men fled from them and were killed on Mount Gilboa.

“ Lord,” he told him,“ I’m ready to go with you both to prison and to death.”

They were archers who could use either the right or left hand, both to sling stones and shoot arrows from a bow. They were Saul’s relatives from Benjamin: