KJV King James Version
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
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Exodus 23:28
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
WEB World English Bible
I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
ASV American Standard Version
And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And I have sent the hornet before thee, and it hath cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee;
Surrounding context — Exodus 23
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.
26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֥יH7971 · sha.lachto send: departאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַצִּרְעָ֖הH6880 · tsir.ahhornetלְפָנֶ֑יךָH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוְגֵרְשָׁ֗הH1644 · ga.rashto drive out: drive outאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַחִוִּ֧יH2340 · chiv.viHiviteאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛יH3669 · ke.na.a.niCanaaniteוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַחִתִּ֖יH2850 · chit.tiHittiteמִלְּפָנֶֽיךָ׃H6440 · pa.nehface: before
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 7:20Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.Joshua 24:11-12And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
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