Deuteronomy 7 · Verse 23

Deuteronomy 7:23

But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 7:23, King James Version

Deuteronomy 7:23 in other translations

BSBBut the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
WEBBut the LORD your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they are destroyed.
ASVBut Jehovah thy God will deliver them up before thee, and will discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed.
YLTand Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and destroyed them--a great destruction--till their destruction;
DARBYBut Jehovah thy God will give them up before thee, and will confound them with great consternation, until they are destroyed.
BBEBut the Lord your God will give them up into your hands, overpowering them till their destruction is complete.
WebsterBut the LORD thy God shall deliver them to thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they are destroyed.

What does Deuteronomy 7:23 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…

Read the full comment on Deuteronomy 7:11-26 →

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…

Read the full comment on Deuteronomy 7:12-26 →

Deuteronomy 7:23 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.

וּנְתָנָ֛םu.ne.ta.Namand he will deliver up themH5414
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
לְפָנֶ֑יךָle.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440
וְהָמָם֙ve.ha.Mamand he will confuse themH2000
מְהוּמָ֣הme.hu.MahconfusionH4103
גְדֹלָ֔הge.do.LahgreatH1419
עַ֖ד'aduntilH5704
הִשָּׁמְדָֽם\׃hi.sha.me.Damare destroyed theyH8045

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 7:23

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:9

    Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

  • Deuteronomy 2:15

    For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

  • Joel 1:15

    Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

  • Isaiah 13:6

    Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

  • Deuteronomy 9:3

    Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee.

  • Jeremiah 17:18

    Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

  • Deuteronomy 8:20

    As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Lord.
2
unto thee. Heb. before thy face.
9:3
shall destroy.
2:15; 8:20; Isa 13:6; Jer 17:18; Joe 1:15; 2Th 1:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 7:22

    And the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

  • Deuteronomy 7:23

    But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

  • Deuteronomy 7:24

    And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

Read all of Deuteronomy 7

Deuteronomy 7:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas Jehová tu Dios las entregará delante de ti, y él las quebrantará con grande destrozo, hasta que sean destruídos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, les livrera devant toi, et les jettera dans une grande confusion, jusqu’à ce qu’il les ait détruites;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova, dein Gott, wird sie vor dir dahingeben und sie in große Verwirrung versetzen, bis sie vertilgt sind.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dabitque eos Dominus Deus tuus in conspectu tuo: et interficiet illos, donec penitus deleantur.