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Joshua 24:12

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24:12I sent terror22 ahead of you to drive out before you the two23 Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.24

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  1. 22 Traditionally, “the hornet” (so , , , , ) but the precise meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain (cf. “panic”).
  2. 23 The has “twelve,” apparently understanding this as a reference to Amorite kings west of the Jordan (see Josh 5:1, rather than the trans-Jordanian Amorite kings Sihon and Og (see Josh 2:10; 9:10).
  3. 24 Heb “and it drove them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites, not by your sword and not by your bow.” The words “I gave you the victory” are supplied for clarification.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites; it was not by your sword or by your bow.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I sent the hornet ahead of you, which drove them out before you—also the two Amorite kings. You did not do it with your own sword and bow.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I sent hornets ahead of you, and they drove out the two Amorite kings before you. It was not by your sword or bow.

NLTNew Living Translation

And I sent terror ahead of you to drive out the two kings of the Amorites. It was not your swords or bows that brought you victory.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I sent before you the hornet and they drove out before you two kings of the Amorites; but not by your sword or bow.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.