KJV King James Version
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, [even] unto Hormah.
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Deuteronomy 1:44
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, [even] unto Hormah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
WEB World English Bible
The Amorites, who lived in that hill country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even to Hormah.
ASV American Standard Version
And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country cometh out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and smite you in Seir—unto Hormah.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 1
41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I [am] not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, [even] unto Hormah.
45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode [there].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֵּצֵ֨אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeהָאֱמֹרִ֜יH567 · e.mo.riAmoriteהַיֹּשֵׁ֨בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבָּהָ֤רH2022 · harmountain: mountהַהוּא֙H1931 · huhe/she/itלִקְרַאתְכֶ֔םH7122 · qa.rato encounter: meetוַיִּרְדְּפ֣וּH7291 · ra.daphto pursueאֶתְכֶ֔םH853 · et[Obj.]כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichתַּעֲשֶׂ֖ינָהH6213 · a.sahto make: doהַדְּבֹרִ֑יםH1682 · de.vo.rahbeeוַֽיַּכְּת֥וּH3807 · ka.tatto crushאֶתְכֶ֛םH853 · et[Obj.]בְּשֵׂעִ֖ירH8165 · se.irSeirעַד־H5704 · adtillחָרְמָֽה׃H2767 · chor.mahHormah
Cross-references
Psalm 118:12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.Numbers 14:45Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, [even] unto Hormah.Isaiah 7:18And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall hiss for the fly that [is] in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that [is] in the land of Assyria.Numbers 21:3And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.Deuteronomy 32:30How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
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