Exodus 23:27

²⁵ And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

²⁶ There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

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.

²⁸ And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

²⁹ I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

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 day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
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Genesis 35:5
And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
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Deuteronomy 11:25
There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
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Deuteronomy 7:23
But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
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Psalms 18:40
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
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Exodus 15:14–16
The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
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2 Chronicles 14:14
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
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2 Kings 7:6
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
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