Deuteronomy 7:17 KJV — MannaFest

Deuteronomy 7:17

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”

YLT

`When thou sayest in thine heart, These nations are more numerous than I, how am I able to dispossess them? --

DBT

If thou shouldest say in thy heart, These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?

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Deuteronomy — Moses' farewell sermons on the plains of Moab. The covenant renewed for the generation about to cross — with the Shema at its heart and Moses' song on its lips.

Author: Moses — the sermons on the plains of Moab; ch. 34 (his death) traditionally attributed to Joshua
Date: The final weeks of Moses' life on the plains of Moab, c. 15th–13th century BC

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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.
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.
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.
Jeremiah 13:22
And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
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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9 Know therefore that the L ORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

That people accordingly were truly happy as a nation, and found every promise which the faithful God made to them amply fulfilled, so long as they adhered to that obedience which was required of them.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

We are apt to think that the most numerous must needs be victorious: but, to fortify Israel against this temptation, Moses reminds them of the destruction of Pharaoh and all the power of Egypt,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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