Deuteronomy 7:22 (YLT)

Passage

`And Jehovah thy God hath cast out these nations from thy presence little <FI>by<Fi> little, (thou art not able to consume them hastily, lest the beast of the field multiply against thee),

Nearby Context

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;

Deuteronomy 7:21 thou art not terrified by their presence, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, a God great and fearful.

Deuteronomy 7:22 `And Jehovah thy God hath cast out these nations from thy presence little <FI>by<Fi> little, (thou art not able to consume them hastily, lest the beast of the field multiply against thee),

Deuteronomy 7:23 and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and destroyed them--a great destruction--till their destruction;

Deuteronomy 7:24 and He hath given their kings into thy hand, and thou hast destroyed their name from under the heavens; no man doth station himself in thy presence till thou hast destroyed them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "hath", "cast", "nations", "presence", "little", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "thou art not terrified by their presence..." into verse 23's "and Jehovah thy God hath given them...", so "jehovah" and "hath" 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 "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.