Deuteronomy 7:17 KJV

If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

Thou and Ye

  • thou, thine one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

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Cross References

  • Numbers 33:53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
  • Numbers 13:32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
  • Deuteronomy 8:17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
  • Deuteronomy 15:9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
  • Deuteronomy 18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

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  • If thou shalt say כִּי kî Conjunction תֹאמַר tōʾmar אָמַר Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular
  • in thine heart בִּלְבָבְךָ bilbobkā לֵבָב Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine singular
  • These nations הַגּוֹיִם haggôyim גּוֹי Noun · masculine plural · with the הָאֵלֶּה hāʾēllê Pronoun · with the
  • more רַבִּים rabbîm רַב Adjective · masculine plural
  • than I; how מִמֶּנִּי mimmennî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular אֵיכָה ʾêkâ אֵיךְ Interrogative
  • can אוּכַל ʾûkal יָכֹל Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular
  • I dispossess לְהוֹרִישָׁם lĕhôrîšām יָרַשׁ Verb · hiphil infinitive construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine plural

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