Deuteronomy 7:17
Although thou mightest say in thy heart: More in number, are these nations than I,—how can, I dispossess them?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 13:32So they sent forth a rumour of the land which they had spied out, among the sons of Israel, saying,—As touching the land through which we passed to spy it out, it is, land that eateth up them who dwell therein, And all the people that we saw in the midst thereof, were men of great stature.
Numbers 33:53So shall ye possess the land, and settle down therein,—for unto you, have I given the land to possess it.
Deuteronomy 8:17and lest thou shouldest say in thy heart,—Mine own strength and the might of mine own hand, have gotten me this wealth.
Deuteronomy 18:21And, when thou shalt say in thy heart,—In what manner shall we know the word which Yahweh hath not spoken!?,
Joshua 23:3but, ye, have seen—all that Yahweh your God hath done unto all those nations, because of you,—for, Yahweh your God, is he that hath fought for you.
Isaiah 47:8Now, therefore hear this, Thou Lady of pleasure Who dwelleth securely, Who saith in her heart,—I, [am], and there is no one besides, I shall not sit a widow, Nor know loss of children.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 7:13-26
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: 13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all… Read the whole commentary →