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Deuteronomy 4:38

To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

KJV

ut deleret nationes maximas et fortiores te in introitu tuo : et introduceret te, daretque tibi terram earum in possessionem, sicut cernis in præsenti die.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐξολεθρεῦσαι ἔθνη μεγάλα καὶ ἰσχυρότερά σου πρὸ προσώπου σου, εἰσαγαγεῖν σε, δοῦναί σοι τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν κληρονομεῖν, καθὼς ἔχεις σήμερον.

LXX

to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as at this day.

ASV

לְ/הוֹרִ֗ישׁ גּוֹיִ֛ם גְּדֹלִ֧ים וַ/עֲצֻמִ֛ים מִמְּ/ךָ֖ מִ/פָּנֶ֑י/ךָ לַ/הֲבִֽיאֲ/ךָ֗ לָֽ/תֶת לְ/ךָ֧ אֶת אַרְצָ֛/ם נַחֲלָ֖ה כַּ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/זֶּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
וֹ
v
noun · 221×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
עָצ֖וּם
'tsvm
adjective · 31×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 2:31 — And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
  • Deut 7:1 — When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanit
  • Deut 7:1 — When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanit
  • Deut 9:1 — Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
  • Deut 9:1 — Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
  • Deut 11:23 — Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
  • Deut 11:23 — Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
  • Exod 23:27 — I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
  • Judg 13:22 — And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
  • Ps 44:2 — How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.