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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.

KJV

emittens crabrones prius, qui fugabunt Hevæum, et Chananæum, et Hethæum, antequam introëas.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀποστελῶ τὰς σφηκίας προτέρας σου, καὶ ἐκβαλεῖς τοὺς Ἀμορραίους καὶ Εὑαίους καὶ Χαναναίους καὶ τοὺς Χετταίους ἀπὸ σοῦ.

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/שָׁלַחְתִּ֥י אֶת הַ/צִּרְעָ֖ה לְ/פָנֶ֑י/ךָ וְ/גֵרְשָׁ֗ה אֶת הַ/חִוִּ֧י אֶת הַֽ/כְּנַעֲנִ֛י וְ/אֶת הַ/חִתִּ֖י מִ/לְּ/פָנֶֽי/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
חִוִּ֖י
chvy
noun · 25×
חִתִּ֔י
chty
noun · 48×
כְּנַעֲנִי֙
kn'ny
noun · 72×
ם
m
verb · 47×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צִּרְעָ֔ה
tsr'h
noun · 3×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 6:19 — To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
  • Deut 7:20 — Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
  • Deut 7:20 — Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
  • Josh 24:11 — 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
  • Josh 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.