If you think,“ These nations are more numerous than I– how can I dispossess them?”

“你若心里说，这些国的民比我更多，我怎能赶出他们呢？

“你若心里说，这些国的人数比我多，我怎能赶出他们呢？

“你若心里说，这些国的人数比我多，我怎能赶出他们呢？

“也许你们心里会说，‘这些民族都比我们强大，我们怎能赶走他们呢？’

“如果你心里说：‘这些国的人比我多，我怎能把他们赶出去呢？’

「你若心裏說，這些國的民比我更多，我怎能趕出他們呢？

「你若心裏說，這些國的人數比我多，我怎能趕出他們呢？

「你若心裏說，這些國的人數比我多，我怎能趕出他們呢？

「也許你們心裡會說，『這些民族都比我們強大，我們怎能趕走他們呢？』

“如果你心裡說：‘這些國的人比我多，我怎能把他們趕出去呢？’

『你若心裏說：「這些國的人比我多；我怎能把他們趕出呢？」

爾若意謂、此諸族較多於我、何能驅逐、

勿意謂斯民、較我眾多、曷能驅逐。

爾若意謂此諸國之民、較我眾多、何能驅逐、

You may say to yourselves,“ These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?”

You might say to yourselves,“ These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?”

“ If you say in your heart,‘ These nations are greater than I. How can I dispossess them?’

Perhaps you will think to yourselves,‘ How can we ever conquer these nations that are so much more powerful than we are?’

“ If you say to yourself,‘ These nations are greater than I; how can I drive them out?’

“ If you say in your heart,‘ These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?’

“ If you should say in your heart,‘ These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?’—

If thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

“ If you say to yourself,‘ These nations are greater than I; how can I drive them out?’

If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations[ are] more than I; how can I dispossess them?

If you shall say in your heart,“ These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?”

You must dispossess the inhabitants of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess it.

Then they presented the Israelites with a discouraging report of the land they had investigated, saying,“ The land that we passed through to investigate is a land that devours its inhabitants. All the people we saw there are of great stature.

But when Jesus discerned their innermost thoughts, he took a child, had him stand by his side,

Be careful not to say,“ My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.”

Now if you say to yourselves,‘ How can we tell that a message is not from the LORD?’–

Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.

You said to yourself,“ I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon.

The descendants of Joseph said,“ The whole hill country is inadequate for us, and the Canaanites living down in the valley in Beth Shean and its surrounding towns and in the Valley of Jezreel have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.”Joshua said to the family of Joseph– to both Ephraim and Manasseh:“ You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.The whole hill country will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”

Then you will think to yourself,‘ Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?’”

So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself,‘ I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.’

You will probably ask yourself,‘ Why have these things happened to me? Why have I been treated like a disgraced adulteress whose skirt has been torn off and her limbs exposed?’ It is because you have sinned so much.