Deuteronomy 6:19
New International Version
thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the LORD said.

New Living Translation
You will drive out all the enemies living in the land, just as the LORD said you would.

English Standard Version
by thrusting out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has promised.

Berean Standard Bible
driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.

King James Bible
To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

New King James Version
to cast out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken.

New American Standard Bible
by driving out all your enemies from you, as the LORD has spoken.

NASB 1995
by driving out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken.

NASB 1977
by driving out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken.

Legacy Standard Bible
by driving out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

Amplified Bible
by driving out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken.

Christian Standard Bible
by driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
by driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.”

American Standard Version
to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.

English Revised Version
to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will see the LORD expel your enemies as he said he would.

Good News Translation
and you will drive out your enemies, as he promised.

International Standard Version
expelling all your enemies before you, as the LORD said."

Majority Standard Bible
driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.

NET Bible
and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the LORD said.

New Heart English Bible
to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken.

Webster's Bible Translation
To cast out all thy enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

World English Bible
to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
to drive away all your enemies from your presence, as YHWH has spoken.

Young's Literal Translation
to drive away all thine enemies from thy presence, as Jehovah hath spoken.

Smith's Literal Translation
To drive out all thine enemies from before thee as Jehovah spake.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
That he would destroy all thy enemies before thee, as he hath spoken.

Catholic Public Domain Version
that he would wipe away all your enemies before you, just as he has spoken.

New American Bible
driving all your enemies out of your way, as the LORD has promised.

New Revised Standard Version
thrusting out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has promised.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And defeat all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you shall defeat all your enemies from before you as LORD JEHOVAH said.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
to chase all thine enemies from before thy face, as the Lord said.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Greatest Commandment
18Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers, 19driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.

Cross References
Joshua 1:3-5
I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses. / Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea. / No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Exodus 23:27-30
I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run. / I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. / I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you. ...

Numbers 33:52-53
you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places. / You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.

Joshua 23:5
The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.

Judges 2:21-23
I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died. / In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.” / That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.

Psalm 44:2-3
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out. / For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

Exodus 34:11
Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Leviticus 20:24
But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.

Deuteronomy 7:1-2
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— / and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

Deuteronomy 9:1-3
Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens. / The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?” / But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.

Deuteronomy 11:23
then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

Deuteronomy 31:3
The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

Joshua 21:43-45
Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it. / And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. / Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.

Nehemiah 9:24
So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.

Acts 13:19
And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.


Treasury of Scripture

To cast out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken.

Exodus 23:28-30
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee…

Numbers 33:52,53
Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: …

Judges 2:1-3
And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you…

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driving out
The phrase "driving out" in the Hebrew text is derived from the root word "yarash," which means to possess, inherit, or dispossess. This term is significant in the context of the Israelites entering the Promised Land. It implies not just a physical removal of the current inhabitants but also a spiritual and covenantal claim to the land that God had promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The act of driving out is both a divine mandate and a fulfillment of God's promise, emphasizing the active role of God in the battles and the Israelites' reliance on His power.

all your enemies
The term "all your enemies" underscores the comprehensive nature of God's promise to Israel. It is not a selective victory but a total one, indicating that no adversary, regardless of their strength or number, can withstand the power of God when He fights for His people. Historically, the enemies of Israel were numerous and included formidable nations like the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites. This phrase reassures the Israelites of God's omnipotence and His commitment to their security and success.

before you
The phrase "before you" suggests a divine precedence and guidance. It implies that God goes ahead of the Israelites, preparing the way and ensuring victory. This is consistent with the biblical theme of God as a shepherd leading His flock. The historical context of the Israelites' journey from Egypt to Canaan is marked by God's visible presence, such as the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, symbolizing His leadership and protection.

as the LORD has said
This phrase is a reminder of the faithfulness and reliability of God's word. The LORD, or "Yahweh" in Hebrew, is the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal and unchanging nature. The Israelites are reminded that the promise of victory and possession of the land is not a new declaration but a reiteration of what God had already spoken to their forefathers. This assurance is meant to inspire trust and obedience among the Israelites, reinforcing the idea that God's promises are sure and His words are true.

Verse 19. - To cast out, etc.; rather, to the castling out of, etc. The infin, here expresses the carrying out of the action intimated in the words," that it may be well with thee" (cf. Exodus 23:27, etc.; Exodus 34:11).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
driving out
לַהֲדֹ֥ף (la·hă·ḏōp̄)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1920: To thrust, drive, push

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

your enemies
אֹיְבֶ֖יךָ (’ō·yə·ḇe·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

before you,
מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ (mip·pā·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

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

has said.
דִּבֶּ֥ר (dib·ber)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue


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