Deuteronomy 7:17 - Easy To Read Version “Don’t say in your heart, ‘These nations are stronger than we are. How can we force them out?’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you say in your [minds and] hearts, These nations are greater than we are; how can we dispossess them? American Standard Version (1901) If thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? Common English Bible If you happen to think to yourself, These nations are greater than we are; how can we possibly possess their land? Catholic Public Domain Version If you say in your heart, 'These nations are more than I am, so how will I be able to destroy them?' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou say in thy heart: These nations are more than I, how shall I be able to destroy them? |
You always told yourself,\par “\{I will be like God Most-High\}.\par I will go to the skies above.\par I will put my throne above God’s stars.\par I will sit on holy mountain, Zaphon. {\cf2\super [150]} \par I will meet \{with the gods\}\par on that mountain.\par
So now, ‘nice lady’ listen to me!\par You feel safe and you tell yourself,\par ‘I am the only important person.\par No one else is important like me.\par I will never be a widow.\par I will always have children.’\par
Then you will say to yourself,\par ‘Who gave me all these children?\par This is very good!\par I was sad and lonely.\par I was defeated and away from my people.\par So who gave me these children?\par Look, I was left alone.\par Where did all these children come from?’”\par
You might ask yourself,\par “Why has this bad thing happened to me?”\par Those things happened because of your many sins.\par Because of your sins,\par your skirt was torn off\par and your shoes were taken away.\par They did this to embarrass you.\par
And those men told all the people of Israel that they were not strong enough to defeat the people in that land. They said, “The land we saw is full of strong people. Those people are strong enough to easily defeat any person who goes there.
But the Lord said to Moses, “Don’t be afraid of that king. I will allow you to defeat him. You will take his whole army and all his land. Do the same to him as you did to Sihon, the Amorite king that lived in Heshbon.”
You will take the land and you will settle there. Why? Because I am giving this land to you. It will belong to your families.
Jesus knew what they were thinking. So Jesus took a little child and stood the child beside him.
Where can we go now? Our brothers (the twelve spies) have made us afraid with their report. They said: The people there are bigger and taller than we are! The cities are big and have walls as high as the sky! And we saw giants [6] there!’
“Don’t ever refuse to help someone simply because the seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near. Don’t let an evil thought like that enter your mind. You must never have bad thoughts about a person that needs help. You must not refuse to help him. If you don’t help that poor person, then he will complain to the Lord against you. And the Lord will find you guilty of sin.
You might be thinking, ‘How can we know if something a prophet says is not from the Lord?’
Don’t ever say to yourself, ‘I got all this wealth by my own power and ability.’
You have seen the things that the Lord did to our enemies. He did this to help us. The Lord your God fought for you.