Deuteronomy 7:10 (YLT)

Passage

and repaying to those hating Him, unto their face, to destroy them; He delayeth not to him who is hating Him--unto his face, He repayeth to him--

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:8 but because of Jehovah's loving you, and because of His keeping the oath which He hath sworn to your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out by a strong hand, and doth ransom you from a house of servants, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 7:9 `And thou hast known that Jehovah thy God He <FI>is<Fi> God, the faithful God, keeping the covenant, and the kindness, to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands--to a thousand generations,

Deuteronomy 7:10 and repaying to those hating Him, unto their face, to destroy them; He delayeth not to him who is hating Him--unto his face, He repayeth to him--

Deuteronomy 7:11 and thou hast kept the command, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I am commanding thee to-day to do them.

Deuteronomy 7:12 `And it hath been, because ye hear these judgments, and have kept, and done them, that Jehovah thy God hath kept to thee the covenant and the kindness which He hath sworn to thy fathers,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "repaying", "hating", "face", "destroy", "delayeth", and "him--unto". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "repaying" and "hating", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And thou hast known that Jehovah thy..." into verse 11's "and thou hast kept the command and...", so "repaying" and "hating" 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 "repaying" and "hating" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.