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Deuteronomy 7:1

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;

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KJV King James Version

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;

BSB Berean Standard Bible

When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—

WEB World English Bible

When Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before you, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you;

ASV American Standard Version

When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

‘When Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land whither thou art going in to possess it, and He hath cast out many nations from thy presence, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations more numerous and mighty than thou,

Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 7

1 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;

2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.

כִּ֤יH3588 · kifor יְבִֽיאֲךָ֙H935 · boto come (in): come יְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָH430 · e.lo.himGod אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָאָ֕רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planet אֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhich אַתָּ֥הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)בָא־H935 · boto come (in): come שָׁ֖מָּהH8033 · shamthere לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּH3423 · ya.rashto possess: possess וְנָשַׁ֣לH5394 · na.shalto slip גּֽוֹיִם־H1471 · goynation רַבִּ֣ים׀H7227 · ravmany מִפָּנֶ֡יךָH6440 · pa.nehface: before הַֽחִתִּי֩H2850 · chit.tiHittite וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֨יH1622 · gir.ga.shiGirgashite וְהָאֱמֹרִ֜יH567 · e.mo.riAmorite וְהַכְּנַעֲנִ֣יH3669 · ke.na.a.niCanaanite וְהַפְּרִזִּ֗יH6522 · pe.riz.ziPerizzite וְהַֽחִוִּי֙H2340 · chiv.viHivite וְהַיְבוּסִ֔יH2983 · ye.vu.siJebusite שִׁבְעָ֣הH7651 · she.vaseven גוֹיִ֔םH1471 · goynation רַבִּ֥יםH7227 · ravmany וַעֲצוּמִ֖יםH6099 · a.tsummighty מִמֶּֽךָּ׃H4480 · minfrom

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 31:3The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, [and] he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: [and] Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.Acts 13:19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.Deuteronomy 4:38To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou [art], to bring thee in, to give thee their land [for] an inheritance, as [it is] this day.Exodus 33:2And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:Genesis 15:18-21In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:Deuteronomy 9:1Hear, O Israel: Thou [art] to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,Psalm 44:2-3[How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.Deuteronomy 20:1When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 4:1-3Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.Deuteronomy 9:4Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.Deuteronomy 6:1Now these [are] the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do [them] in the land whither ye go to possess it:Numbers 14:31But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.Exodus 6:8And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I [am] the LORD.Deuteronomy 11:29And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.Deuteronomy 31:20For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.Deuteronomy 6:19To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.Exodus 15:7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, [which] consumed them as stubble.Psalm 78:55He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

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