Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. New Living Translation But if you are careful to obey him, following all my instructions, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will oppose those who oppose you. English Standard Version “But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. Berean Standard Bible But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes. King James Bible But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. New King James Version But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. New American Standard Bible But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. NASB 1995 “But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. NASB 1977 “But if you will truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. Legacy Standard Bible But if you truly listen to his voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. Amplified Bible But if you will indeed listen to and truly obey His voice and do everything that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. Christian Standard Bible But if you will carefully obey him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes. Holman Christian Standard Bible But if you will carefully obey him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes. American Standard Version But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if you will listen to hear his voice and you will do everything that he says to you, I shall hate those hating you and I shall distress your enemies. Brenton Septuagint Translation If ye will indeed hear my voice, and if thou wilt do all the things I shall charge thee with, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and ye shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall ye speak to the children of Israel, If ye shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell thee, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries. Contemporary English Version If you faithfully obey him, I will be a fierce enemy of your enemies. Douay-Rheims Bible But if thou wilt hear his voice, and do all that I speak, I will be an enemy to thy enemies, and will afflict them that afflict thee. English Revised Version But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. GOD'S WORD® Translation But if you will listen to him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an opponent to your opponents. Good News Translation But if you obey him and do everything I command, I will fight against all your enemies. International Standard Version Indeed, if you carefully obey him and do everything that I say, then I'll be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries, JPS Tanakh 1917 But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. Literal Standard Version for if you listen diligently to His voice, and have done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with your enemies, and have distressed those distressing you. Majority Standard Bible But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes. New American Bible If you obey him and carry out all I tell you, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes. NET Bible But if you diligently obey him and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries. New Revised Standard Version But if you listen attentively to his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes. New Heart English Bible But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. Webster's Bible Translation But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy to thy enemies, and an adversary to thy adversaries. World English Bible But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. Young's Literal Translation for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee. Additional Translations ... Context God's Angel to Lead…21Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him. 22But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes. 23For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.… Cross References 2 Thessalonians 1:6 After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you." Numbers 24:9 He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you." Deuteronomy 28:1 "Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. Deuteronomy 30:7 Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you. Treasury of Scripture But if you shall indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. an enemy Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Numbers 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. Deuteronomy 30:7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. an adversary unto thing adversaries. Jump to Previous Adversaries Adversary Attentively Carefully Distressed Distressing Ear Enemies Enemy Enmity Hearken Indeed Obey Oppose Speak Voice WhateverJump to Next Adversaries Adversary Attentively Carefully Distressed Distressing Ear Enemies Enemy Enmity Hearken Indeed Obey Oppose Speak Voice WhateverExodus 23 1. Of slander, false witness, and partiality4. Of charitableness 6. Of justice in judgment 8. Of taking bribes 9. Of oppressing a stranger 10. Of the year of rest 12. Of the Sabbath 13. Of idolatry 14. Of the three feasts 18. Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice 20. An angel is promised, with a blessing, if they obey him (22) An adversary unto thine adversaries.--Rather, an afflictor of thy afflictors.Verse 22. - If thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak. The change of persons in the latter clause - "all that I speak," instead of "all that he speaks" - implies the doctrine of the perienchoresis or circuminsessio, that God the Father is in the Son and the Spirit, as they are in him. An adversary to thy adversaries. Rather "an afflictor of thy afflictors." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Butכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you will listen carefully שָׁמֹ֤עַ (šā·mō·a‘) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently to his voice בְּקֹל֔וֹ (bə·qō·lōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6963: A voice, sound and do וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make everything כֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every I say, אֲדַבֵּ֑ר (’ă·ḏab·bêr) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue I will be an enemy אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ (’ō·yə·ḇe·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 340: To be hostile to to your enemies וְאָֽיַבְתִּי֙ (wə·’ā·yaḇ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary and a foe וְצַרְתִּ֖י (wə·ṣar·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6696: To confine, bind, besiege to your foes. צֹרְרֶֽיךָ׃ (ṣō·rə·re·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6887: To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped Links Exodus 23:22 NIVExodus 23:22 NLT Exodus 23:22 ESV Exodus 23:22 NASB Exodus 23:22 KJV Exodus 23:22 BibleApps.com Exodus 23:22 Biblia Paralela Exodus 23:22 Chinese Bible Exodus 23:22 French Bible Exodus 23:22 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 23:22 But if you indeed listen to his (Exo. 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