KJV King James Version
And 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.
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Joshua 24:12
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.
WEB World English Bible
I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.
ASV American Standard Version
And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I send before you the hornet, and it casteth them out from your presence—two kings of the Amorite—not by thy sword, nor by thy bow.
Surrounding context — Joshua 24
9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
11 And 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.
12 And 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.
13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
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וָאֶשְׁלַ֤חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departלִפְנֵיכֶם֙H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַצִּרְעָ֔הH6880 · tsir.ahhornetוַתְּגָ֤רֶשׁH1644 · ga.rashto drive out: drive outאוֹתָם֙H853 · et[Obj.]מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔םH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeשְׁנֵ֖יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoמַלְכֵ֣יH4428 · me.lekhkingהָאֱמֹרִ֑יH567 · e.mo.riAmoriteלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotבְחַרְבְּךָ֖H2719 · che.revswordוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotבְקַשְׁתֶּֽךָ׃H7198 · qe.shetbow
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.Exodus 23:28And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.Psalm 44:3-6For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
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