Exodus 23:27

Exodus 23:27 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“I will send my terror ahead of you and create panic among all the people whose lands you invade. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

Context of Exodus 23:27

25You shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you. 26None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days. I will send my terror before you and will throw into confusion all the people against whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. 28And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you. 29I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.

Exodus 23:27 word by word

אֶת־אֵֽימָתִי֙ אֲשַׁלַּ֣ח לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְהַמֹּתִי֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּבֹ֖א בָּהֶ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֧י אֶת־כָּל־אֹיְבֶ֛יךָ אֵלֶ֖יךָ עֹֽרֶף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• my fearאֵימָה'êymâh 'êmâh · terrorH367
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• thee, and will destroyהָמַםhâmam · to confuseH2000
• all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• to whom thou shalt comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and I will makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• all thine enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• turn their backsעֹ֫רֶף‛ôreph · neckH6203

Cross-references for Exodus 23:27

• Exodus 15:14The peoples have heard; they tremble; pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
• Genesis 35:5And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
• Deuteronomy 2:25This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.'
• Deuteronomy 11:23then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you.
• Joshua 2:9and said to the men, "I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
• 1 Samuel 14:15And there was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and even the raiders trembled, the earth quaked, and it became a very great panic.
• 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us."
• 2 Chronicles 14:14And they attacked all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of the Lord was upon them. They plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them.
• Deuteronomy 7:23But the Lord your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
• Psalms 18:40You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.

Commentaries on Exodus 23:27

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Destroy - Rather, overthrow. See Exodus 23:23.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-33Verses 20-33 It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise, Behold, I send an angel before thee, mine angel. The precept joined with this promise is, that they be obedient to this angel whom God would send before them. Christ is the Angel of Jehovah; this is plainly taught by St. Paul, 1Co 10:9. They should have a comfortable settlement in the land of Canaan. How reasonable are the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-33If the people obeyed the covenant rules, God promised to protect them from enemies and illness and give them land to own (23:22–23, 25–26, 27–31). These promises depended on complete loyalty to God (Yahweh). Worshiping the gods of the peoples expelled from the land would be an act of rebellion (23:21; 24, 32–33).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-331. put not thine hand--join not hands.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Beware
• Book
• Countenance
• Ingathering
• Refresh
• Seethe
• Turn
• Wrest
• Bible, the
• Blindness, Judicial

Commentaries on Exodus 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings