Deuteronomy 7:16 (YLT)

Passage

`And thou hast consumed all the peoples whom Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; thine eye hath no pity on them, and thou dost not serve their gods, for a snare it <FI>is<Fi> to thee.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:14 `Blessed art thou above all the peoples, there is not in thee a barren man or a barren woman--nor among your cattle;

Deuteronomy 7:15 and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee every sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt (which thou hast known) doth He put on thee, and He hath put them on all hating thee.

Deuteronomy 7:16 `And thou hast consumed all the peoples whom Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; thine eye hath no pity on them, and thou dost not serve their gods, for a snare it <FI>is<Fi> to thee.

Deuteronomy 7:17 `When thou sayest in thine heart, These nations <FI>are<Fi> more numerous than I, how am I able to dispossess them? --

Deuteronomy 7:18 thou art not afraid of them; thou dost surely remember that which Jehovah thy God hath done to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "hast", "consumed", "peoples", "jehovah", "giving", "thee", and "thine". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "hast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee..." into verse 17's "When thou sayest in thine heart These...", so "thou" and "hast" 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 "thou" and "hast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.