Deuteronomy 7:1

Deuteronomy 7:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
• New International Version (NIV)When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
• English Standard Version (ESV)"When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and mightier than you,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you,

Context of Deuteronomy 7:1

“When the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to take possession of it, and He drives away many nations from before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you, 2and when the Lord your God turns them over to you and you defeat them, you shall utterly destroy them. You shall not make a covenant with them nor be gracious to them. 3Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them: you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.

Deuteronomy 7:1 word by word

כִּ֤י יְבִֽיאֲךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֶל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ וְנָשַׁ֣ל גּֽוֹיִם־רַבִּ֣ים׀ מִפָּנֶ֡יךָ הַֽחִתִּי֩ וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֨י וְהָאֱמֹרִ֜י וְהַכְּנַעֲנִ֣י וְהַפְּרִזִּ֗י וְהַֽחִוִּי֙ וְהַיְבוּסִ֔י שִׁבְעָ֣ה גוֹיִ֔ם רַבִּ֥ים וַעֲצוּמִ֖ים מִמֶּֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear

• Whenכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• bringsבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• you into the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• whereאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• whereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• you are enteringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to takeיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• possessionיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• of it, and He drivesנָשַׁלnâshal · to slipH5394
• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• from beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• you, the Hittitesחִתִּיchittîy · HittiteH2850
• the Girgashitesגִּרְגָּשִׁיgirgâshîy · GirgashiteH1622
• the Amoritesאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567
• the Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיkena‛anîy · CanaaniteH3669
• the Perizzitesפְּרִזִּיperizzîy · PerizziteH6522
• the Hivitesחִוִּיchivvîy · HiviteH2340
• and the Jebusitesיְבוּסִיyebûsîy · JebusiteH2983
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• and mightierעָצוּם‛âtsûm ‛âtsûm · mightyH6099
• thanמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 7:1

• Deuteronomy 4:38driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in and to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is today.
• Deuteronomy 6:1“Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may do them in the land where you are going over to take possession of it,
• Deuteronomy 9:1“Hear, Israel! You are crossing the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, cities that are great and fortified to heaven,
• Deuteronomy 11:29“And it shall come about, when the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, that you shall place the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
• Deuteronomy 31:3It is the Lord your God who is going to cross ahead of you; He Himself will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua is the one who is going to cross ahead of you, just as the Lord has spoken.
• Exodus 6:8I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession; I am the Lord.’”
• Exodus 15:7And in the greatness of Your excellence You overthrow those who rise up against You; You send out Your burning anger, and it consumes them like chaff.
• Numbers 14:31Your children, however, whom you said would become plunder--I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected.
• Psalms 44:2You with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You let them go free.
• Psalms 78:55He also drove out the nations from them And apportioned them as an inheritance by measurement, And had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
• Genesis 15:18On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:
• Exodus 23:28And I will send hornets ahead of you so that they will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from you.
• Exodus 33:2And I will send an angel before you and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
• Deuteronomy 4:1“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you will live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 20:1“When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, is with you.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Seven nations greater and mightier than thou - In several places of the Hebrew text, each of these seven nations is not enumerated, some one or other being left out, which the Septuagint in general supply. How these nations were distributed over the land of Canaan previously to the entering in of the Israelites, the reader may see in the note on Joshua 3:10; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-11Verses 1-11 See Deuteronomy 6:10 note. Deuteronomy 7:5 Their groves - Render, their idols of wood: the reference is to the wooden trunk used as a representation of Ashtaroth; see Deuteronomy 7:13 and Exodus 34:13 note. Deuteronomy 7:7 The fewest of all people - God chose for Himself Israel, when as yet but a single family, or rather a single person, Abraham; though there were already numerous nations and powerful kingdoms in the earth. Increase…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Intercourse with the Canaanites forbidden. (1-11) Promises if they were obedient. (12-26) Verses 1-11 Here is a strict caution against all friendship and fellowship with idols and idolaters. Those who are in communion with God, must have no communication with the unfruitful works of darkness. Limiting the orders to destroy, to the nations here mentioned, plainly shows that after ages were not to draw this into a precedent. A proper understanding of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The Hittites were from Anatolia, which is now north-central Turkey. They set up colonies in distant places like Syria and were also linked to Canaan in the list of ancient nations (see Genesis 10:15; 23:3–20). The Hittite empire ended suddenly around 1200 BC. But people called Hittites still lived in Israel, such as "Uriah the Hittite" (2 Samuel 11:3; 23:39). It is impossible to prove that the Hittites of Anatolia were the same as those mentioned in the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261. the Hittites--This people were descended from Heth, the second son of Canaan (Ge 10:15), and occupied the mountainous region about Hebron, in the south of Palestine. the Girgashites--supposed by some to be the same as the Gergesenes (Mt 8:28), who lay to the east of Lake Gennesareth; but they are placed on the west of Jordan (Jos 24:11), and others take them for a branch of the large family of the Hivites, as they are omitted in nine out of ten places…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 7:1

• Amorites
• Canaanites
• Girgashites
• Hittites
• Jebusites

In the dictionaries

• God
• Girgashites
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Canaanites
• Girgashite
• Heth
• Idolatry
• Redeem
• Samson
• Terrible

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings