Joshua 24:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 24:12 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:28I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
- Numbers 21:31So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
- Numbers 21:32After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- Deuteronomy 4:46while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 4:47They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—
- Deuteronomy 7:20Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.
- Deuteronomy 31:4And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, when He destroyed them along with their land.
- Joshua 2:10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
- Psalms 44:3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
- Psalms 44:4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
- Psalms 80:10The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
- Psalms 135:11Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.
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