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Deuteronomy 7:22

in Deuteronomy 7

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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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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This verse in Deuteronomy 7

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Put out those nations - by little and little - The Israelites were not as yet sufficiently numerous to fill the whole land occupied by the seven nations mentioned Deu 7:1. And as wild and ferocious animals might be expected to multiply where either there are no inhabitants, or the place is but thinly peopled, therefore God tells them that, though at present, by force of arms, they might be able to expel them, it would be impolitic so to do, lest the beasts of the field should multiply upon them.

This site's exposition

these nations before you little by little

on Deuteronomy 7:22-23

The slow pace has a reason drawn from the ground itself, "the wild animals would multiply around you", and Exodus 23:29-30 gives the same reason. Judges 2:20-23 gives another for the nations left in the land, that God left them to test Israel.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

God will do his own work in his own method and time, and we may be sure that they are always the best. Thus corruption is driven out of the hearts of believers by little and little. The work of sanctification is carried on gradually; but that judgment will at length be brought forth into a complete victory.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee--(See on Ex 23:29). The omnipotence of their Almighty Ruler could have given them possession of the promised land at once.

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A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

That people accordingly were truly happy as a nation, and found every promise which the faithful God made to them amply fulfilled, so long as they adhered to that obedience which was required of them.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְנָשַׁל֩and he will clear away

    venashalH5394 →7 times

  • יְהוָ֨הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָGod your

    ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַגּוֹיִ֥םthe nations

    hagoyimH1471 →561 times

  • הָאֵ֛ל<the> these

    haelH411 →9 times

  • מִפָּנֶ֖יךָfrom before you

    mipaneikhaH6440 →2123 times

  • מְעַ֣טlittle

    meatH4592 →101 times

  • מְעָ֑טlittle

    meatH4592 →101 times

  • לֹ֤אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תוּכַל֙you will be able

    tukhalH3201 →194 times

  • כַּלֹּתָ֣םto make an end of them

    kalotamH3615 →208 times

  • מַהֵ֔רquickly

    maherH4118 →14 times

  • פֶּן־lest

    pen-H6435 →133 times

  • תִּרְבֶּ֥הit should increase

    tirbehH7235 →227 times

  • עָלֶ֖יךָwith you

    ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times

  • חַיַּ֥ת[the] animal[s] of

    chaiyatH2416 →498 times

  • הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃the field

    hasadehH7704 →334 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 23:29–30I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.14 worksProverbs 2:22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.7 worksJudges 3:1These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,6 worksJoshua 15:63But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.2 worksExodus 33:2And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.2 worksDeuteronomy 28:63Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.1 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 15:63

    But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.

    it leads to

    • Judges 1:21

      The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.

    • Judges 1:8

      Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

    • 2 Samuel 5:6–9

      Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel…

    • 1 Chronicles 11:4–8

      Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.

    • Romans 7:14–21

      We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 7 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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