Deuteronomy 31:3 (YLT)

Passage

`Jehovah thy God He is passing over before thee, He doth destroy these nations from before thee, and thou hast possessed them; Joshua--he is passing over before thee as Jehovah hath spoken,

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 31:1 And Moses goeth and speaketh these words unto all Israel,

Deuteronomy 31:2 and he saith unto them, `A son of a hundred and twenty years <FI>am<Fi> I to-day; I am not able any more to go out and to come in, and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou dost not pass over this Jordan,

Deuteronomy 31:3 `Jehovah thy God He is passing over before thee, He doth destroy these nations from before thee, and thou hast possessed them; Joshua--he is passing over before thee as Jehovah hath spoken,

Deuteronomy 31:4 and Jehovah hath done to them as he hath done to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorite, and to their land, whom He destroyed.

Deuteronomy 31:5 And Jehovah hath given them before your face, and ye have done to them according to all the command which I have commanded you;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "passing", "over", "before", "thee", "doth", "destroy", and "nations". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "passing", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "and he saith unto them A son..." into verse 4's "and Jehovah hath done to them as...", so "jehovah" and "passing" 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 "jehovah" and "passing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.