Deuteronomy 7:18 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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,

Deuteronomy 7:19 the great trials which thine eyes have seen, and the signs, and the wonders, and the strong hand, and the stretched-out arm, with which Jehovah thy God hath brought thee out; so doth Jehovah thy God to all the peoples of whose presence thou art afraid.

Deuteronomy 7:20 `And also the locust doth Jehovah thy God send among them, till the destruction of those who are left, and of those who are hidden from thy presence;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "afraid", "dost", "surely", "remember", "jehovah", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "afraid", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "When thou sayest in thine heart These..." into verse 19's "the great trials which thine eyes have...", so "thou" and "afraid" 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 "afraid" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.