Observe what I command you today. I am going to drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Deuteronomy 11:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will drive out nations greater and stronger than you are. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than you. American Standard Version (1901) then will Jehovah drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves. Common English Bible then the LORD will clear out all these nations before you. You will inherit what belonged to nations that are larger and stronger than you are. Catholic Public Domain Version the Lord will scatter all these nations before your face, and you shall possess them, though they are greater and stronger than you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord will destroy all these nations before your face, and you shall possess them, which are greater and stronger than you. |
Observe what I command you today. I am going to drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you in and give you their land as an inheritance, as is now taking place.
‘Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and drive out nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the Lord your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to fulfil the promise he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
‘The Lord has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one is able to stand against you to this day.