KJV King James Version
But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
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Exodus 23:22
But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
WEB World English Bible
But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
ASV American Standard Version
But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.
Surrounding context — Exodus 23
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name [is] in him.
22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, [and] the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֣יH3588 · kiforאִם־H518 · imifשָׁמֹ֤עַH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearתִּשְׁמַע֙H8085 · sha.mato hear: hearבְּקֹל֔וֹH6963 · qolvoiceוְעָשִׂ֕יתָH6213 · a.sahto make: doכֹּ֖לH3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichאֲדַבֵּ֑רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakוְאָֽיַבְתִּי֙H340 · a.yavbe hostileאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָH341 · o.yevenemyוְצַרְתִּ֖יH6696 · tsurto confineאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]צֹרְרֶֽיךָ׃H6887 · tsa.rarto confine
Cross-references
Genesis 12:3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.Deuteronomy 30:7And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.Zechariah 2:8For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.Jeremiah 30:20Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.Acts 9:4-5And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?Numbers 24:9He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed [is] he that blesseth thee, and cursed [is] he that curseth thee.
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