Other translations
New Catholic Bible
But even these, since they were men, you spared, and you sent wasps as forerunners of your army to exterminate them little by little.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
But even these you spared, since they were but mortals, and sent wasps as forerunners of your army to destroy them little by little,
Good News Translation®
But even in this you showed mercy toward their enemies, since they were only human beings. You sent hornets ahead of your army, to destroy the enemy gradually.
Wycliffe Bible
But also thou sparedest these as men, and thou sentest wasps, the before-goers of thine host, (so) that those [or they] should destroy them (by) little and little.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
But even these thou didst spare, since they were but men, and didst send wasps as forerunners of thy army, to destroy them little by little,
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
But even these you spared, since they were but mortals, and sent wasps as forerunners of your army to destroy them little by little,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
But even these you spared, since they were but mortals, and sent wasps as forerunners of your army to destroy them little by little,
Common English Bible © 2011
But you spared even these men and women when you sent wasps at the head of your army to destroy your enemies little by little.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
But even these you spared, since they were but mortals and sent wasps as forerunners of your army that they might exterminate them by degrees.
Revised Standard Version
But even these thou didst spare, since they were but men, and didst send wasps as forerunners of thy army, to destroy them little by little,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
But even these you spared, since they were but mortals, and sent wasps as forerunners of your army to destroy them little by little,