Verse List for JOS 24:12

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OET (OET-RV) I sent hornets[fn] ahead of you all and they drove out the two Amorite kings—it wasn’t your swords or bows that did it.

OET-LV And_I _sent before_you(pl) DOM the_hornet and_it _drove _out them from_before _of_you(pl) the _two _of the _kings _of the_ʼAmorī not by_sword _of_your and_not by_bow _of_your.

ULT And I sent the hornet to your faces, and it dispossessed them out from your faces, the two kings of the Amorite, not by your sword and not by your bow.

UST I sent swarms of hornets ahead of you, and this helped you two Amorite kings. You did not do this with your own weapons. I, Yahweh, was the one who actually defeated them.

BSB & MSB I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, [but] not by your own sword or bow.

OEB I sent panic[fn] before you to drive out these nations, even the two kings of the Amorites. It was not your sword nor your bow that beat them.

WEBBE & WMBB I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.

NET I sent terror ahead of you to drive out before you the two Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.

LSV And I send the hornet before you, and it casts them out from your presence—two kings of the Amorite—not by your sword, nor by your bow.

FBV But I handed them over to you to defeat. And I sent the hornet[fn] before you to drive out the two kings of the Amorites. You did not win using your swords or your bows!

T4T I am the one who caused them to panic as you advanced and enabled you to defeat them, as I had enabled you to do earlier to the two kings of the groups who were descendants of Amor. You did not defeat them by using your own bows and arrows and swords; it was I who defeated them.

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

BBE And I sent the hornet before you, driving out the two kings of the Amorites before you, not with your sword and your bow.

Moff I sent hornets before you to drive out these nations, even the two kings of the Amorites; it was not your sword nor your bow that beat them.

JPS And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

ASV And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

DRA And I sent before you hornets: and I drove them out from their places, the two kings of the Amorrhites, not with thy sword nor with thy bow.

YLT And I send before you the hornet, and it casteth them out from your presence — two kings of the Amorite — not by thy sword, nor by thy bow.

Drby And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, [as] the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

RV And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
(And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy/your sword, nor with thy/your bow.)

SLT And I will send before you the hornet, and it shall drive them out from your face, the two kings of the Amorites: not with thy sword and not with thy bow.

Wbstr And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

KJB-1769 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.
(And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy/your sword, nor with thy/your bow.)

KJB-1611 And I sent the hornet before you, which draue them out from before you, euen the two kings of the Amorites: but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And I sent hornettes before you, whiche caste them out of your sight, euen the two kinges of the Amorites: but not with your owne sworde, or with your owne bowe.
(And I sent hornets before you, which cast/threw them out of your sight, even the two kings of the Amorites: but not with your own sword, or with your own bow.)

Gnva And I sent hornets before you, which cast them out before you, euen the two kings of the Amorites, and not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
(And I sent hornets before you, which cast them out before you, even the two kings of the Amorites, and not with thy/your sword, nor with thy/your bow.)

Cvdl And I sent hornettes before you, which droue them out before you, namely the two kynges of ye Amorites: not thorow thy swerde, ner thorow thy bowe.
(And I sent hornets before you, which drove them out before you, namely the two kings of ye/you_all Amorites: not through thy/your sword, nor through thy/your bow.)

Wycl And Y sente flies with venemouse tongis bifor you, and Y castide hem out of her places; Y kyllide twei kyngis of Ammorreis, not in thi swerd and bowe.
(And I sent flies with venemouse tongs before you, and I cast/threw hem out of her places; I killed twain/two_or_both kings of Ammorreis, not in thy/your sword and bow.)

Luth Und sandte Hornissen vor euch her; die trieben sie aus vor euch her, die zween Könige der Amoriter, nicht durch dein Schwert noch durch deinen Bogen.
(And sent Hornissen before/in_front_of you her; the drove they/she/them out_of before/in_front_of you her, the two king(s) the/of_the Amorites, not through your(s) sword still through your(s) bow.)

ClVg Misique ante vos crabrones: et ejeci eos de locis suis, duos reges Amorrhæorum, non in gladio nec in arcu tuo.[fn]
(Misique before you(pl) crabrones: and I_threw_out them from/about places to_his_own, two kings Amorrhæorum, not/no in/into/on with_a_sword but_not in/into/on arcu your.)

UHB וָ⁠אֶשְׁלַ֤ח לִ⁠פְנֵי⁠כֶם֙ אֶת־הַ⁠צִּרְעָ֔ה וַ⁠תְּגָ֤רֶשׁ אוֹתָ⁠ם֙ מִ⁠פְּנֵי⁠כֶ֔ם שְׁנֵ֖י מַלְכֵ֣י הָ⁠אֱמֹרִ֑י לֹ֥א בְ⁠חַרְבְּ⁠ךָ֖ וְ⁠לֹ֥א בְ⁠קַשְׁתֶּֽ⁠ךָ׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε προτέραν ὑμῶν τὴν σφηκίαν· καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου ἡμῶν δώδεκα βασιλεῖς τῶν Ἀμοῤῥαίων, οὐκ ἐν τῇ ῥομφαίᾳ σου οὐδὲ ἐν τῷ τόξῳ σου.

BrTr And he sent forth the hornet before you; and he drove them out from before you, even twelve kings of the Amorites, not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.