Exodus 23:28
Modern Translations
New International Version
I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

New Living Translation
I will send terror ahead of you to drive out the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites.

English Standard Version
And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you.

Berean Study Bible
I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

New American Standard Bible
And I will send hornets ahead of you so that they will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from you.

NASB 1995
"I will send hornets ahead of you so that they will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you.

NASB 1977
“And I will send hornets ahead of you, that they may drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you.

Amplified Bible
I will send hornets ahead of you which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite before you.

Christian Standard Bible
I will send hornets in front of you, and they will drive the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hethites away from you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will send the hornet in front of you, and it will drive the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites away from you.

Contemporary English Version
I will make the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites panic as you approach.

Good News Translation
I will throw your enemies into panic; I will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites as you advance.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will spread panic ahead of you to force the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites out of your way.

International Standard Version
I'll send hornets ahead of you and they'll drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you.

NET Bible
I will send hornets before you that will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite before you.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

New King James Version
And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.

King James 2000 Bible
And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.

New Heart English Bible
I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hethite, from before you.

World English Bible
I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.

American King James Version
And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.

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.

A Faithful Version
And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite and the Hittite from before you.

Darby Bible Translation
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

English Revised Version
And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before thee.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And I will sende hornets before thee, which shal driue out the Hiuites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from thy face.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And I wyll sende hornettes before thee, which shall driue out the Heuites, the Chanaanites, and the Hethites, before thee.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
I wyll sende hornettes before ye, and dryue out the Heuytes, Cananites and Hethytes before the.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
ad I will send hornettes before the, and they shall dryue out the Heuites, the Cananites and the Hethites before the.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And I have sent the hornet before you, and it has cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you;

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;

Smith's Literal Translation
And I sent hornets before thee and to drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before thee.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Sending out hornets before, that shall drive away the Hevite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, before thou come in.

Catholic Public Domain Version
sending wasps ahead, so that they will put to flight the Hivite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, before you enter.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And I shall send bees before you and I shall destroy the Canaanites and the Khethites from before you.

Lamsa Bible
And I will send fierce armies before you, and will destroy the Canaanites and the Hittites from before you.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will send hornets before thee, and thou shalt cast out the Amorites and the Evites, and the Chananites and the Chettites from thee.
















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