The Promises of God
Deuteronomy 7:21
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
- KJV
- Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
- WEB
- You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
- ASV
- Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a great God and a terrible.
- LSV
- you are not terrified by their presence, for your God YHWH [is] in your midst, a God great and fearful.
- YLT
- thou art not terrified by their presence, for Jehovah thy God [is] in thy midst, a God great and fearful.
- DBY
- Thou shalt not be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a God great and terrible.ElohimEl
- DRC
- Thou shalt not fear them, because the Lord thy God is in the midst of thee, a God mighty and terrible:
- GNV
- Thou shalt not feare them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a God mightie and dreadful.
- JPS
- Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a God great and awful.
- LXXE
- Thou shalt not be wounded before them, because the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is a great and powerful God.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- לֹ֥א תַעֲרֹ֖ץ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ֙ בְּקִרְבֶּ֔ךָ אֵ֥ל גָּד֖וֹל וְנוֹרָֽא׃
- LXX-Br
- Οὐ τρωθήσῃ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν, ὅτι Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ἐν σοί, Θεὸς μέγας καὶ κραταιός.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
ObligationTerrible, TerrorIdolatryMosesContingenciesGreat; GreatnessJudgmentsWarLaw in the Old TestamentBlessing
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Cross-references most cited first
- Nehemiah 1:5Then 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 9:32So 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…
- Deuteronomy 10:17For 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.
- Joshua 3:10He 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.
- Nehemiah 4:14After 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…
- Isaiah 8:9–10Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered! Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal,…
- 2 Chronicles 32:8With 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.
- Numbers 23:21He 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.
- 1 Samuel 4:8Woe 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.
- Psalms 46:5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
- Zechariah 12:2–5“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem…
- 1 Corinthians 14:25and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
- Zechariah 2:10–11“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD. “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among…
- Numbers 9:20Sometimes 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.
- Numbers 14:14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and…
- Numbers 14:9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”
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