Deuteronomy 1:44 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country cometh out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and smite you in Seir -- unto Hormah.

English ASV

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.

English Amplified

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.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Then the Amorites who lived there came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir as far as Hormah.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the Amorite that dwelt on that hill came out against you, and chased you, like as bees do, and cut you in pieces in Seir, as far as Hormah.

English EASY 2024

The Amorite people who lived in those hills came out to attack you. You ran away from them, as if they were a crowd of bees. They attacked you as you ran down into the country of Edom, all the way to Hormah.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The Amorites who lived there came out like a swarm of bees and chased you all the way from Seir to Hormah.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Then the Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you like a swarm of bees. They chased you as far as Hormah and defeated you there in the hill country of Edom.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The Amorites who lived there came out and attacked you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They defeated you, chasing you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Then the Amorites who lived there came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir as far as Hormah.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

And the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out to meet you and pursued you as bees do and crushed you from Seir to Hormah.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The Amorites, who lived in the hill country, came out against you, and chased you as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir as far as Hormah.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"The Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do, and crushed you from Seir to Hormah.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Then the Amorites living there came out against you and, like bees, chased you, cutting you down in Seir as far as Hormah.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The Amorites who lived in those hills came out and attacked you. Like large numbers of bees they chased you. They beat you down from Seir all the way to Hormah.

English NIV

The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees and beat you down from Seir all the way to Hormah.

English NKJ 1982

And the Amorites who dwelt in that mountain came out against you and chased you as bees do, and drove you back from Seir to Hormah.

English NLT

But the Amorites who lived there came out against you like a swarm of bees. They chased and battered you all the way from Seir to Hormah.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The Amorites who lived in that hill country then came out against you and chased you as bees do. They beat you down in Seir as far as Hormah.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But the Amorites who lived there came out against them and chased them like bees and killed them from Seir to Hormah.

English Tyndale 1537

Then the Amorites which dwelt in those hills, came out against you and chased you as bees do, and hewed you in Seir, even unto Horma.