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Deuteronomy 7:17

FearDoubtCourage and strength

15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.

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BSB
You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”
KJV
If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
WEB
If you shall say in your heart, “These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?”
ASV
If thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
DARBY
If thou shouldest say in thy heart, These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?
BLB
If you should say in your heart, “These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?”
ÅB
Men om du tenker som så: Disse folk er større enn jeg, hvordan skal jeg makte å drive dem ut? -
OTB
Du kan si i ditt hjerte: "Disse folkene er større enn vi er. Hvordan kan vi drive dem ut?"
B1930
Men om du tenker som så: Disse folk er større enn jeg, hvorledes skal jeg makte å drive dem ut? -

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 33:53

    And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

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  • Numbers 13:32

    And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

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  • Luke 9:47

    And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,

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  • Isaiah 49:21

    Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

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  • Joshua 17:16–18

    And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

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  • Deuteronomy 18:21

    And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

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  • Isaiah 14:13

    For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

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  • Deuteronomy 8:17

    And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

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