22The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.


In Context

19 You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the miraculous signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.

20 Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished.

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

22 The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.

23 But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed.

24 He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand up against you; you will destroy them.

Deuteronomy 7:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:22And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:22He will consume these nations in thy sight by little and little and by degrees. Thou wilt not be able to destroy them altogether: lest perhaps the beasts of the earth should increase upon thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:22And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:22And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations from before thee by little and little; thou shalt not be able to make an end of them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:22And the LORD thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:22And the LORD thy God will drive out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:22Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:22And Jehovah thy God hath cast out these nations from thy presence little by little, (thou art not able to consume them hastily, lest the beast of the field multiply against thee),

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:22And the LORD your God will put out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase on you.