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. Contemporary English Version If you faithfully obey him, I will be a fierce enemy of your enemies. 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, 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 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. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleBut 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. 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionfor 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. 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. Smith's Literal Translation For if hearing thou shalt hear to his voice, and to all that I shall speak; and I was an enemy to thine enemies, and I was hostile to thine adversaries. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut 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. Catholic Public Domain Version But if you listen to his voice and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will afflict those who afflict you. 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. 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut if you shall indeed obey his voice and do all that he says to you, then I will hate those who hate you and oppress your enemies. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated 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. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917But 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. 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible 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 Deuteronomy 28:1-2 “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. / And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God: Leviticus 26:7-8 You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you. / Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you. Joshua 1:5 No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD. Deuteronomy 7:12-15 If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers. / He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you. / You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock. ... 2 Chronicles 20:20 Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.” Psalm 81:13-14 If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways, / how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes! Jeremiah 7:23 but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. Deuteronomy 11:22-25 For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him— / then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you. / Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea. ... 1 Samuel 15:22 But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. Romans 8:31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. Hebrews 13:6 So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” 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 But if you will listen carefully to his voice This phrase emphasizes the importance of obedience and attentiveness to divine guidance. In the context of Exodus, God is speaking through His angel, who represents His presence and authority. Listening carefully implies a deep, intentional focus on God's instructions, which is a recurring theme throughout the Bible (e.g., Deuteronomy 6:4-5). The concept of hearing and obeying is central to the covenant relationship between God and Israel, highlighting the necessity of faithfulness to God's commands. and do everything I say I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes Persons / Places / Events 1. GodThe ultimate authority and protector of Israel, promising to be an adversary to their adversaries if they obey His commands. 2. Israelites The chosen people of God, who are being instructed to obey God's voice as they journey to the Promised Land. 3. Enemies/Foes The adversaries of Israel, representing any opposition or threat to God's people. 4. Moses The leader of the Israelites, through whom God communicates His laws and promises. 5. Promised Land The destination of the Israelites, a land flowing with milk and honey, symbolizing God's provision and faithfulness. Teaching Points Obedience as a Covenant RequirementThe verse emphasizes the conditional nature of God's protection, which hinges on the Israelites' obedience. This reflects the covenant relationship between God and His people. Divine Protection God's promise to be an enemy to our enemies assures us of His active involvement in our battles. This encourages believers to trust in God's sovereignty and protection. Spiritual Warfare The concept of God being a foe to our foes can be applied to spiritual battles, reminding us that God fights for us against spiritual adversaries. Faith and Action Obedience requires both faith in God's promises and action in following His commands. This balance is crucial for experiencing God's blessings. Community and Accountability The collective call to obedience highlights the importance of community in faith, where believers support and hold each other accountable in their walk with God. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 23In Exodus 23:20-23, how is the supernatural guidance by an angel historically or archeologically verifiable? Joshua 5:13-15: What evidence supports a divine 'commander' appearing to Joshua, and how does this align with other biblical accounts of angelic encounters? Exodus 22:2-3: Is there evidence outside the Bible supporting or questioning the practice of killing a thief at night but not during the day? Can humans command angels?(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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