Exodus 23:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.”
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“I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I 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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“My terror I send before thee, and I have put to death all the people among whom thou comest, and I have given the neck of all thine enemies unto thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 23:27 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 35:5As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
- Exodus 15:14The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
- Exodus 34:24For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
- Numbers 22:3and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.
- Deuteronomy 2:25This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
- Deuteronomy 6:19driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.
- Deuteronomy 7:23But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 11:23then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.
- Deuteronomy 11:25No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
- Joshua 2:9and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.
- 1 Samuel 14:15Then terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God.
- 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
- 2 Chronicles 14:14and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.
- Psalms 18:40You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
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