Deuteronomy 1:44 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴⁴ “Then the Amorites who dwelt in that mountain came out against you and chased you as bees do, and drove you back from Sĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁴ And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁴ Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do and struck you down in Seir as far as Hormah.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁴ And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.

Common English Bible

⁴⁴ And the Amorites who lived in those hills came out to meet you in battle. They chased you like bees give chase! They gave you a beating from Seir all the way to Hormah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁴ And so, having gone forth, the Amorite, who was living in the mountains, came against you and pursued you, just as a swarm of bees would do. And he struck you down from Seir all the way to Hormah.

Deuteronomy 1:44 Cross References

Psalm 118:12

They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished like burning thorns; In the Name of יהוה  I shall cut them off.

Isaiah 7:18

And it shall be in that day that יהוה  whistles for the fly that is in the farthest part of the rivers of Mitsrayim, and for the bee that is in the land of Ashshur.

Numbers 14:45

So the Amalĕ

Numbers 21:3

And יהוה  listened to the voice of Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 28:25

“יהוה  causes you to be defeated before your enemies – you go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And you shall become a horror to all the reigns of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:30

“How would one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And יהוה  had given them up?

Joshua 7:5

And the men of Ai smote about thirty-six men, for they pursued them from before the gate as far as Sheḇ