KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah thy God will cast 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah thy God hath cast out these nations from thy presence little by little, (thou art not able to consume them hastily, lest the beast of the field multiply against thee),
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 7
19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God [is] among you, a mighty God and terrible.
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.
23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
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.
25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold [that is] on them, nor take [it] unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it [is] an abomination to the LORD thy God.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְנָשַׁל֩H5394 · na.shalto slipיְהוָ֨הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַגּוֹיִ֥םH1471 · goynationהָאֵ֛לH411 · eltheseמִפָּנֶ֖יךָH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeמְעַ֣טH4592 · me.atlittleמְעָ֑טH4592 · me.atlittleלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotתוּכַל֙H3201 · ya.kholbe ableכַּלֹּתָ֣םH3615 · ka.lahto end: finishמַהֵ֔רH4118 · ma.herquickפֶּן־H6435 · penlestתִּרְבֶּ֥הH7235 · ra.vahto multiplyעָלֶ֖יךָH5921 · aluponחַיַּ֥תH2416 · chayaliveהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃H7704 · sa.daySirion
Cross-references
Exodus 23:29-30I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.Joshua 15:63As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
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