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Exodus 23:28–30

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23:28I will send64 hornets before you that will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite before you. 23:29I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals65 multiply against you. 23:30Little by little66 I will drive them out before you, until you become fruitful and inherit the land.

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Footnotes

  1. 64 Heb “and I will send.”
  2. 65 Heb “the beast of the field.”
  3. 66 The repetition expresses an exceptional or super-fine quality (see §123.e).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you. I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you. Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will send hornets in front of you, and they will drive the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hethites away from you. I will not drive them out ahead of you in a single year; otherwise, the land would become desolate, and wild animals would multiply against you. I will drive them out little by little ahead of you until you have become numerous and take possession of the land.

NLTNew Living Translation

I will send terror ahead of you to drive out the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites. But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals would multiply and threaten you. I will drive them out a little at a time until your population has increased enough to take possession of the land.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I will send the hornet before you, and it will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you. I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become a desolation and the wild animals multiply against you. Little by little I will drive them out from before you until you are fruitful and take possession of the land.

KJV 1900King James Version

And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. 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. By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.