They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
Deuteronomy 1:44 - King James Version - American Edition And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Se´ir, even unto Hormah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Amorrhite that dwelt in the mountains coming out, and meeting you, chased you, as bees do: and made slaughter of you from Seir as far as Horma. |
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Then the Amal´ekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them; and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?
And the men of A´i smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Sheba´rim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.