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Joshua 24:12

God's power and sovereignty

10 but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.

11 After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.

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.

13 So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’

14 Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, [as] the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
BLB
And I sent before your⁺ faces the hornet, and it drove them out from before your⁺ faces—two kings of the Amorite—not by your sword and not by your bow.
ÅB
Og jeg sendte hvepser foran dere, og de drev dem ut for dere slik som også begge amoritter-kongene; det var ikke med ditt sverd og ikke ned din bue de ble drevet ut.
OTB
Jeg sendte vepsen foran dere, som drev dem ut foran dere, inkludert de to amorittkongene. Det var ikke ved deres sverd eller bue.
B1930
Og jeg sendte hvepser foran eder, og de drev dem ut for eder likesom også begge amoritter-kongene; det var ikke med ditt sverd og ikke ned din bue de blev drevet ut.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 23:28

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

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  • Deuteronomy 7:20

    Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.

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  • Psalms 44:3–6

    For 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.

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