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.
• 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 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.

Context of Exodus 23:27

25You are to serve Adonai your God, and He will bless your food and your water. Moreover I will take sickness away from your midst. 26None will miscarry nor be barren in your land, and I will fill up the number of your days. “I will send My terror before you and throw all the people to whom you will come into panic, and make all your enemies turn their backs to you. 28I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites and the Hittites, from before you. 29I will not drive them out from before you in a single year. Otherwise the land would become desolate, and the animals of the field will 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 15:14When the peoples hear, they will tremble—anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.
• Genesis 35:5Then they journeyed, and the terror of God was on the cities that were around them, so they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
• Deuteronomy 2:25This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the peoples everywhere under heaven. When they hear the report about you, they will tremble and twist in anguish because of you.’
• Deuteronomy 11:23then Adonai will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.
• Joshua 2:9and she said to the men: “I know that Adonai has given you the land—dread of you has fallen on us and all the inhabitants of the land are melting in fear before you.
• 1 Samuel 14:15Terror then spread through the camp, in the field, and among all the troops. Even the outposts and the raiders also trembled, when the earth quaked—it was a trembling from God.
• 2 Kings 7:6For Adonai had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a noise of chariots and a noise of horses—indeed a noise of a huge army. So they said one to another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians to assault us.”
• 2 Chronicles 14:14They also attacked the tents of herdsmen and carried off many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
• Deuteronomy 7:23But Adonai your God will give them over to you, and He will throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed.
• Psalms 18:40For You girded me with strength for battle. You made those who rose up against me bow down before 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

• Beware
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• 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