Exodus 23:28

I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

KJV · King James Version

I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.

WEB · World English Bible

And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

ASV · American Standard Version

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Exodus 23:28: hornets.{Tzirâh,} The hornet, may be so called from the Arabic {zaraâ,} to lay prostrate, strike down, because of the destruction occasioned by the violence of its sting. The hornet, in natural history, belongs to the species Crabro, of the genus Vespa or Wasp. It is a most voracious insect, and exceedingly strong for its size, which is generally an inch in length.; Deuteronomy 7:20; Joshua 24:11