Deuteronomy 7:19 (KJV)

Passage

The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

Deuteronomy 7:18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

Deuteronomy 7:19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.

Deuteronomy 7:20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

Deuteronomy 7:21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "great", "temptations", "thine", "eyes", "signs", "wonders", "mighty", and "hand". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "great" and "temptations", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "Thou shalt not be afraid of them..." into verse 20's "Moreover the LORD thy God will send...", so "great" and "temptations" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "great" and "temptations" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.