They were unfaithful ¹  and acted as treacherously as ²  their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow. ³ 

biblegateway Psa 78:57

But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers; They turned aside like a treacherous bow.

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

They were disloyal and treacherous like their ancestors. They were like arrows shot from a defective bow.

biblegateway Psa 78:57

Like their fathers they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.

but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.

bibleoremus Psa 78:57

but turned away and were faithless like their ancestors; they twisted like a treacherous bow.

they were renegades, faithless like their fathers, unreliable like a bow gone slack.

biblegateway Psa 78:57

But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

biblegateway Psa 78:57

They were unfaithful ¹  and acted as treacherously as ²  their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “they turned back.”

² tn Or “acted treacherously like.”

³ tn Heb “they turned aside like a deceitful bow.”