New King James Version
Exodus 23:27
27“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.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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
25“So you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. 26No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days. “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. 28And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you. 29I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
Read all of Exodus 23Exodus 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 15:14“The people will hear and be afraid; Sorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
- Genesis 35:5And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 2:25This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations 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 from before you, and you will dispossess greater and mightier nations than yourselves.
- Joshua 2:9and said to the men: “I know that the Lord has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you.
- 1 Samuel 14:15And there was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and the raiders also trembled; and the earth quaked, so that it was a very great trembling.
- 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the army of the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses—the noise of a great army; so they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us!”
- 2 Chronicles 14:14Then they defeated all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of the Lord came upon them; and they plundered all the cities, for there was exceedingly much spoil in them.
- Deuteronomy 7:23But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, and will inflict defeat upon them until they are destroyed.
- Psalms 18:40You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me.
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
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
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