Deuteronomy 7:17

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Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

If you should say in your heart, “These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?”

Latin

Si dixeris in corde tuo: Plures sunt gentes istæ quam ego: quomodo potero delere eas?

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Deuteronomy 7:1–26

Before Israel could occupy the promised land, they had to remove the people already living there (compare Genesis 13:14–17; 15:18–21). The land belonged to the Lord, and only God could decide who should live there.

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