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Exodus 23:27

in Exodus 23

I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

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.

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This verse in Exodus 23

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

I will send My terror ahead of you

on Exodus 23:27-28

The terror arrives ahead of the army. Exodus 15:14 to 15:16 had sung that the peoples would hear and tremble, and Joshua 2:9 to 2:11 records Rahab saying it had happened.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And I will send my fear before thee,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Destroy - Rather, overthrow. See Exo 23:23.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֵֽימָתִי֙terror my

    ʾeimatiH367 →

  • אֲשַׁלַּ֣חI will send

    ʾashalachH7971 →845 times

  • לְפָנֶ֔יךָ<to> before you

    lefaneikhaH6440 →2123 times

  • וְהַמֹּתִי֙and I will confuse

    vehamotiH2000 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָעָ֔ם<the> people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • תָּבֹ֖אyou will go

    tavo'H935 →2568 times

  • בָּהֶ֑םamong <the> them

    bahem

  • וְנָתַתִּ֧יand I will give

    venatatiH5414 →2011 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֹיְבֶ֛יךָenemies your

    ʾoyeveikhaH341 →282 times

  • אֵלֶ֖יךָto you

    ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times

  • עֹֽרֶף׃neck

    ʾorefH6203 →33 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

16 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 2:25This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”16 worksGenesis 35:5As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.13 worksDeuteronomy 7:23But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.12 worksDeuteronomy 11:25No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.12 worksExodus 15:14–16The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.8 worksPsalms 18:40You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.8 works
The other 10 cross-references, with their words ▾
Joshua 2:9and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.8 works1 Samuel 14:15Then terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God.6 works2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”6 worksDeuteronomy 11:23then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.6 works2 Chronicles 14:14and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.6 works2 Samuel 22:41You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.6 works2 Chronicles 20:29And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.4 worksPsalms 9:20Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah2 worksEsther 9:2In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.2 worksExodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 11:25

    No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 5:1

      Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Deuteronomy 7:24

      He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.

    • Joshua 1:5

      No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

    • Deuteronomy 2:25

      This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”

    • Joshua 2:9

      and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting…

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 2:25

    This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 11:25

      No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.

    • Exodus 15:14–16

      The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.

    • Deuteronomy 28:10

      Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 23 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.

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