Deuteronomy 7:17

17 "If thou shalt say in thine heart, `These nations are more than I. How can I dispossess them?'

Deuteronomy 7:17 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 7:17

If thou shall say in thine heart
Should have secret thoughts arise in the heart, misgivings of heart, fears and doubts there, which, though not outwardly expressed, might be inwardly retained:

these nations are more than I;
seven to one, and perhaps anyone of them as powerful as Israel:

how can I dispossess them?
of the land they inherit, and take possession of it.

Deuteronomy 7:17 In-Context

15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee, but will lay them upon all those who hate thee.

16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them; neither shalt thou serve their gods, for that will be a snare unto thee.

17 "If thou shalt say in thine heart, `These nations are more than I. How can I dispossess them?'

18 thou shalt not be afraid of them, but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh and unto all Egypt--

19 the great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm --whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out. So shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.