Deuteronomy 7 · Verse 17

Deuteronomy 7:17

If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
Deuteronomy 7:17, King James Version

Deuteronomy 7:17 in other translations

BSBYou may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”
WEBIf you shall say in your heart, “These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?”
ASVIf thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
YLT‘When thou sayest in thine heart, These nations are more numerous than I, how am I able to dispossess them? --
DARBYIf thou shouldest say in thy heart, These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?
BBEIf you say in your hearts, These nations are greater in number than we are: how are we to take their land from them?
WebsterIf thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations are more than I, how can I dispossess them?

What does Deuteronomy 7:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 7:11-26

11-26. Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day--In the covenant into which God entered with Israel, He promised to bestow upon them a variety of blessings so long as they continued obedient to Him as their heavenly King. He pledged His veracity that His infinite perfections would be exerted for this purpose, as well as for delivering them from…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:12-26

We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take pleasure in fellowship with those who do such works. Whatever brings us into a snare, brings us under a curse. Let us be constant to our duty, and we cannot question the constancy of God's mercy. Diseases are God's servants; they go where he sends them, and do what he bids them. It is therefore good for the health of our bodies, thoroughly…

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Deuteronomy 7:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
תֹאמַר֙to.Maryou will sayH559
בִּלְבָ֣בְךָ֔bil.Va.ve.khain heart yourH3824
רַבִּ֛יםra.Bim[are] greatH7227
הַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471
הָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428
מִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.nimore than IH4480
אֵיכָ֥ה'ei.Khahhow?H349
אוּכַ֖ל'u.Khalwill I be ableH3201
לְהוֹרִישָֽׁם\׃le.ho.ri.Shamto dispossess themH3423

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 7:17

  • 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.

  • Luke 9:47

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

  • 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?

  • 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. And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only: But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.

  • Deuteronomy 18:21

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

  • 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:

  • Deuteronomy 8:17

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

  • Deuteronomy 15:9

    Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

  • Isaiah 47:8

    Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

  • 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.

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thou shalt.
8:17; 15:9; 18:21; Isa 14:13; 47:8; 49:21; Jer 13:22; Lu 9:47
These nations.
Nu 13:32; 33:53; Jos 17:16-18

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 7:16

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 7:17

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

  • Deuteronomy 7:18

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

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Deuteronomy 7:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cuando dijeres en tu corazón: Estas gentes son muchas más que yo, ¿cómo las podré desarraigar?;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Si tu dis dans ton cœur: Ces nations sont plus nombreuses que moi, comment pourrai-je les déposséder?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn du in deinem Herzen sprichst: Diese Nationen sind größer als ich; wie vermöchte ich sie auszutreiben? -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Si dixeris in corde tuo: Plures sunt gentes istæ quam ego: quomodo potero delere eas?