Deuteronomy - 7:23



23 But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they be destroyed.

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 7:23.

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But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
But Jehovah thy God will deliver them up before thee, and will discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed.
But the Lord thy God shall deliver them in thy sight: and shall slay them until they be utterly destroyed.
But Jehovah thy God will give them up before thee, and will confound them with great consternation, until they are destroyed.
and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and destroyed them, a great destruction, till their destruction;
But the Lord your God will give them up into your hands, overpowering them till their destruction is complete.
And so, the Lord your God will present them in your sight, and you shall slay them until they are thoroughly wiped away.
Attamen tradet eas Jehova Deus tuus coram to, et conteret eas contritione maxima, donec perdantur ipsae.

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But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee,.... Gradually, by little and little, until at length they should all come into their hands: and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction until they be destroyed; even all of them.

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