Exodus 23:27

²⁵ So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.

²⁶ No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.

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.

²⁸ I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

²⁹ I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: I will send my fear before thee, and confound every people to which thou comest, and will make all thine enemies turn their back to thee.
BLB: My terror I will send before your faces, and I will confuse all the people among whom you come in; and I will give the neck of all your enemies to you.

ÅB: Redsel for meg vil jeg sende foran deg og forvirre alle de folk du kommer til, og jeg vil la alle dine fiender flykte for deg.
OTB: "Jeg vil sende min redsel foran deg og kaste forvirring over hver nasjon du møter. Jeg vil få alle dine fiender til å snu ryggen og flykte.
B1930: Redsel for mig vil jeg sende foran dig og forvirre alle de folk du kommer til, og jeg vil la alle dine fiender flykte for dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 2:25
This 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.”
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Genesis 35:5
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
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Deuteronomy 11:25
No 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.
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Deuteronomy 7:23
But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
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Psalms 18:40
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
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Exodus 15:14–16
The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
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2 Chronicles 14:14
and 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.
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2 Kings 7:6
For 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.”
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