Deuteronomy 11:23

23 then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you.

Deuteronomy 11:23 in Other Translations

23 Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

23 then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.

23 Then the LORD will drive out all the nations ahead of you, though they are much greater and stronger than you, and you will take over their land.

23 God on his part will drive out all these nations that stand in your way. Yes, he'll drive out nations much bigger and stronger than you.

23 the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will drive out nations greater and stronger than you are.

Deuteronomy 11:23 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 11:23

Then will the Lord drive out all those nations from before
you
By little and little, even all the seven nations which then inhabited the land of Canaan; and this he would do to make room for them, that they might inherit the land; see ( Deuteronomy 7:1 )

and ye shall possess greater nations, and mightier than yourselves;
countries whose inhabitants were more in number, and greater in strength, than they; and therefore the conquest of them was not to be ascribed to themselves, but to the Lord; this is often observed; see ( Deuteronomy 7:1 ) ( 9:1 ) .

Deuteronomy 11:23 In-Context

21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.

22 If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him—

23 then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you.

24 Every place where you set your foot will be yours: Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.

25 No one will be able to stand against you. The LORD your God, as he promised you, will put the terror and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.

Cross References

• 1. S Deuteronomy 9:5
• 2. S Exodus 23:28
• 3. Deuteronomy 4:38; Deuteronomy 9:1