Deuteronomy 7:21
New International Version
Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

New Living Translation
“No, do not be afraid of those nations, for the LORD your God is among you, and he is a great and awesome God.

English Standard Version
You shall not be in dread of them, for the LORD your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.

Berean Standard Bible
Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

King James Bible
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.

New King James Version
You shall not be terrified of them; for the LORD your God, the great and awesome God, is among you.

New American Standard Bible
You are not to be terrified of them, because the LORD your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.

NASB 1995
“You shall not dread them, for the LORD your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.

NASB 1977
“You shall not dread them, for the LORD your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall not dread them, for Yahweh your God is in your midst, a great and fearsome God.

Amplified Bible
You shall not dread them, for the LORD your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.

Christian Standard Bible
Don’t be terrified of them, for the LORD your God, a great and awesome God, is among you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don’t be terrified of them, for the LORD your God, a great and awesome God, is among you.

American Standard Version
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a great God and a terrible.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Do not be afraid of them, because LORD JEHOVAH your God, God within you, is great and awesome.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou shalt not be wounded before them, because the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is a great and powerful God.

Contemporary English Version
So don't be frightened when you meet them in battle. The LORD your God is great and fearsome, and he will fight at your side.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not fear them, because the Lord thy God is in the midst of thee, a God mighty and terrible:

English Revised Version
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a great God and a terrible.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Don't be afraid of them, because the LORD your God is with you. He is a great and awe-inspiring God.

Good News Translation
So do not be afraid of these people. The LORD your God is with you; he is a great God and one to be feared.

International Standard Version
Don't tremble before them, because the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a God great and awful.

Literal Standard Version
you are not terrified by their presence, for your God YHWH [is] in your midst, a God great and fearful.

Majority Standard Bible
Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

New American Bible
Therefore, do not be terrified by them, for the LORD, your God, who is in your midst, is a great and awesome God.

NET Bible
You must not tremble in their presence, for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a great and awesome God.

New Revised Standard Version
Have no dread of them, for the LORD your God, who is present with you, is a great and awesome God.

New Heart English Bible
You shall not be scared of them; for the LORD your God is in the midst of you, a great and awesome God.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.

World English Bible
You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is among you, a great and awesome God.

Young's Literal Translation
thou art not terrified by their presence, for Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a God great and fearful.

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Audio Bible



Context
The Promises of God
20Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished. 21Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God. 22The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.…

Cross References
Exodus 29:45
Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.

Joshua 3:10
He continued, "This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

Nehemiah 1:5
Then I said: "O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Nehemiah 9:32
So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

Psalm 47:2
How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!

Psalm 68:35
O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!


Treasury of Scripture

You shall not be affrighted at them: for the LORD your God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.

the Lord

Numbers 9:20
And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.

Numbers 14:9,14,42
Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not…

Numbers 16:3
And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?

a mighty God

Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

Deuteronomy 25:8
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

1 Samuel 4:8
Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

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Deuteronomy 7
1. All communion with the nations is forbidden
5. for fear of idolatry,
6. for the holiness of the people,
9. for the nature of God in his mercy and justice,
17. and for the assuredness of victory which God will give over them.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be terrified
תַעֲרֹ֖ץ (ṯa·‘ă·rōṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6206: To cause to tremble, tremble

by them,
מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם (mip·pə·nê·hem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the LORD
יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God,
אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

who [is] among you,
בְּקִרְבֶּ֔ךָ (bə·qir·be·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center

[is] a great
גָּד֖וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

and awesome
וְנוֹרָֽא׃ (wə·nō·w·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

God.
אֵ֥ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty


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