Deuteronomy 7:21

Deuteronomy 7:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall not be terrified of them; for the Lord your God, the great and awesome God, is among you.

Context of Deuteronomy 7:21

19Remember the great terrors the Lord your God sent against them. You saw it all with your own eyes! And remember the miraculous signs and wonders, and the strong hand and powerful arm with which he brought you out of Egypt. The Lord your God will use this same power against all the people you fear. 20And then the Lord your God will send terror to drive out the few survivors still hiding from you! “No, do not be afraid of those nations, for the Lord your God is among you, and he is a great and awesome God. 22The Lord your God will drive those nations out ahead of you little by little. You will not clear them away all at once, otherwise the wild animals would multiply too quickly for you. 23But the Lord your God will hand them over to you. He will throw them into complete confusion until they are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 7:21 word by word

לֹ֥א תַעֲרֹ֖ץ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ בְּקִרְבֶּ֔ךָ אֵ֥ל גָּד֖וֹל וְנוֹרָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt not be affrightedעָרַץ‛ârats · to trembleH6206
• atפָּנֶהpânîym · face ofH6440
• them: for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• you, a mightyגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• and terribleיָרֵאyârê' · to fear: revereH3372

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 7:21

• Numbers 9:20Sometimes the cloud would stay over the Tabernacle for only a few days, so the people would stay for only a few days, as the Lord commanded. Then at the Lord’s command they would break camp and move on.
• Numbers 14:9Do not rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. They are only helpless prey to us! They have no protection, but the Lord is with us! Don’t be afraid of them!”
• Numbers 16:3They united against Moses and Aaron and said, “You have gone too far! The whole community of Israel has been set apart by the Lord, and he is with all of us. What right do you have to act as though you are greater than the rest of the Lord’s people?”
• Numbers 23:21No misfortune is in his plan for Jacob; no trouble is in store for Israel. For the Lord their God is with them; he has been proclaimed their king.
• Joshua 3:10Today you will know that the living God is among you. He will surely drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites ahead of you.
• 2 Chronicles 32:8He may have a great army, but they are merely men. We have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles for us!” Hezekiah’s words greatly encouraged the people.
• Psalms 46:5God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed. From the very break of day, God will protect it.
• Isaiah 8:9“Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified. Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed! Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
• Zechariah 2:10The Lord says, “Shout and rejoice, O beautiful Jerusalem, for I am coming to live among you.
• 1 Corinthians 14:25As they listen, their secret thoughts will be exposed, and they will fall to their knees and worship God, declaring, “God is truly here among you.”
• Deuteronomy 10:17“For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed.
• Deuteronomy 25:8The elders of the town will then summon him and talk with him. If he still refuses and says, ‘I don’t want to marry her,’
• 1 Samuel 4:8Help! Who can save us from these mighty gods of Israel? They are the same gods who destroyed the Egyptians with plagues when Israel was in the wilderness.
• Nehemiah 1:5Then I said, “O Lord, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps his covenant of unfailing love with those who love him and obey his commands,
• Nehemiah 4:14Then as I looked over the situation, I called together the nobles and the rest of the people and said to them, “Don’t be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes!”
• Nehemiah 9:32“And now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of unfailing love, do not let all the hardships we have suffered seem insignificant to you. Great trouble has come upon us and upon our kings and leaders and priests and prophets and ancestors—all of your people—from the days when the kings of Assyria first triumphed over us until now.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7:21

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-26Verses 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 to mortify the sin of our…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21awesome (literally one to be feared): This kind of fear does not mean terror, as if God were cruel or unfair. Instead, it refers to reverential fear. This means deep respect and awe before a loving God. His greatness and majesty are so powerful that they fill people with wonder and holy fear.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2611-26. 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 every evil to which, as a people, they…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Idolatry
• Redeem
• Terrible
• Great; Greatness
• Terrible, Terror

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