Exodus 23:28
What does Exodus 23:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 23:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I will send hornets before you, driving out the Hivite and the Canaanite and the Hittite before your face.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And I have sent the hornet before thee, and it hath cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Sending out hornets before, that shall drive away the Hevite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, before thou come in.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
Context
v.27I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
v.28This passage
v.29I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 7:20
Moreover Jehovah thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves, perish from before thee.
- Joshua 24:11
And ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.
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