KJV King James Version
Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
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Deuteronomy 7:20
Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.
WEB World English Bible
Moreover Yahweh your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you.
ASV American Standard Version
Moreover Jehovah thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves, perish from before thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And also the locust doth Jehovah thy God send among them, till the destruction of those who are left, and of those who are hidden from thy presence;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 7
17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations [are] more than I; how can I dispossess them?
18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: [but] shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God [is] among you, a mighty God and terrible.
22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
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וְגַם֙H1571 · gamalsoאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַצִּרְעָ֔הH6880 · tsir.ahhornetיְשַׁלַּ֛חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodבָּ֑םH9038 · hemthemעַד־H5704 · adtillאֲבֹ֗דH6 · a.vadto perishהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֛יםH7604 · sha.arto remainוְהַנִּסְתָּרִ֖יםH5641 · sa.tarto hideמִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃H6440 · pa.nehface: before
Cross-references
Joshua 24:12And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, [even] the two kings of the Amorites; [but] not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.Exodus 23:28-30And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
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