Deuteronomy 6:19 (YLT)

Passage

to drive away all thine enemies from thy presence, as Jehovah hath spoken.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 6:17 ye do diligently keep the commands of Jehovah your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes which He hath commanded thee,

Deuteronomy 6:18 and thou hast done that which is right and good in the eyes of Jehovah, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast gone in and possessed the good land which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers,

Deuteronomy 6:19 to drive away all thine enemies from thy presence, as Jehovah hath spoken.

Deuteronomy 6:20 `When thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What <FI>are<Fi> the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

Deuteronomy 6:21 then thou hast said to thy son, Servants we have been to Pharaoh in Egypt, and Jehovah bringeth us out of Egypt by a high hand;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "drive", "away", "thine", "enemies", "presence", "jehovah", "hath", and "spoken". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "drive" and "away", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "and thou hast done that which is..." into verse 20's "When thy son asketh thee hereafter saying...", so "drive" and "away" 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 "drive" and "away" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.