Deuteronomy 7:21 “Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you,…”

Deuteronomy 7:21

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 the LORD your God is among you, a great and awesome God.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt not feare them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a God mightie and dreadful.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt not be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a God great and terrible.

Young's Literal Translation

thou art not terrified by their presence, for Jehovah thy God [is] in thy midst, a God great and fearful.

Bible in Basic English

Have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, a great God greatly to be feared.

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Cross references

“the Lord”

Joshua 3:10 Numbers 23:21 2 Chronicles 32:8 Psalm 46:5 1 Corinthians 14:25 Numbers 9:20

Joshua 3:10 · BSB

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.

Numbers 23:21 · BSB

He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.

2 Chronicles 32:8 · BSB

With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

Psalm 46:5 · BSB

God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

1 Corinthians 14:25 · BSB

and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”

Numbers 9:20 · BSB

Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.

“a mighty God”

Deuteronomy 10:17 Nehemiah 1:5 Nehemiah 9:32 Nehemiah 4:14 1 Samuel 4:8 Zechariah 12:2–5

Deuteronomy 10:17 · BSB

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.

Nehemiah 1:5 · BSB

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 · BSB

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 a…

Nehemiah 4:14 · BSB

After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons…

1 Samuel 4:8 · BSB

Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

Zechariah 12:2–5 · BSB

“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.

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.

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