Deuteronomy 6:19
in Deuteronomy 6driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.
KJV
To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 6
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God
on Deuteronomy 6:17-19
Diligent keeping is set beside doing that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD. The older commentators take verse 18 as the ground for reasoning from the law to cases it does not name.
This site's exposition
driving out all your enemies
The driving out is the LORD's work, and the words as the LORD has said rest it on his earlier promise. John Gill traces that promise, made as it seems with an oath, to Genesis 15:18, where the land is granted to Abram's descendants.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Sinners, especially presumptuous sinners, are said to tempt God, that is, to make a trial of God, whether he be, so wise as to see their sins, so just and true and powerful as to take vengeance on them, concerning which they are very apt to doubt because of the present impunity and prosperity of many such persons.
To cast out all thine enemies from before thee,.... This the Lord promised, and as it seems with an oath, that he would do for them; drive out their enemies, and make way for the settlement of them in their country: as the Lord hath spoken; see Gen 15:18.
Negligence will ruin us; but we cannot be saved without diligence. To induce them to this, he here shows them, 1. That this would be very acceptable to God: it is right and good in the sight of the Lord; and that is right and good indeed that is, so in God's sight.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לַהֲדֹ֥ף | lahadof | to drive out | H1920 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֹיְבֶ֖יךָ | ʾoyeveikha | enemies your | H341 → | 282 times |
| מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ | mipaneikha | from before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֥ר | diber | he has spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ ס | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
לַהֲדֹ֥ףto drive out
lahadofH1920 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֹיְבֶ֖יךָenemies your
ʾoyeveikhaH341 →282 times
מִפָּנֶ֑יךָfrom before you
mipaneikhaH6440 →2123 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֥רhe has spoken
diberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.