Deuteronomy 7:22
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He will consume these nations in thy sight by little and little and by degrees. Thou wilt not be able to destroy them altogether: lest perhaps the beasts of the earth should increase upon thee.

put out [heb] pluck off

Exodus 23:29,30 I will not cast them out from thy face in one year; lest the land be brought into a wilderness, and the beasts multiply against thee. . . .

Joshua 15:63 But the children of Juda could not destroy the Jebusite that dwelt in Jerusalem: and the Jebusite dwelt with the children of Juda in Jerusalem until this present day.

Context
The Promises of God
21Thou shalt not fear them, because the Lord thy God is in the midst of thee, a God mighty and terrible: 22He will consume these nations in thy sight by little and little and by degrees. Thou wilt not be able to destroy them altogether: lest perhaps the beasts of the earth should increase upon thee.23But the Lord thy God shall deliver them in thy sight: and shall slay them until they be utterly destroyed.…
Cross References
Exodus 23:29
I will not cast them out from thy face in one year; lest the land be brought into a wilderness, and the beasts multiply against thee.

Exodus 23:30
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, till thou be increased, and dost possess the land.

Lexicon
The LORD
יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God
אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

will drive out
וְנָשַׁל֩ (wə·nā·šal)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5394: To slip or drop off, draw off, clear away

these
הָאֵ֛ל (hā·’êl)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 411: These, those

nations
הַגּוֹיִ֥ם (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

before you
מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ (mip·pā·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

little
מְעַ֣ט (mə·‘aṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few

by little.
מְעָ֑ט (mə·‘āṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few

You will not
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

be enabled
תוּכַל֙ (ṯū·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3201: To be able, have power

to eliminate
כַּלֹּתָ֣ם (kal·lō·ṯām)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

them all at once,
מַהֵ֔ר (ma·hêr)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 4118: Hastening, speedy, swift

or
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 6435: Removal, lest

the wild
הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ (haś·śā·ḏeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

animals
חַיַּ֥ת (ḥay·yaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

would multiply
תִּרְבֶּ֥ה (tir·beh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great

around you.
עָלֶ֖יךָ (‘ā·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.And the LORD your God will put out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase on you.

And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

And the Lord thy God shall consume these nations before thee by little and little: thou shalt not be able to consume them speedily, lest the land become desert, and the wild beasts of the field be multiplied against thee.

And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations from before thee by little and little; thou shalt not be able to make an end of them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

And the LORD thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

And the LORD thy God will drive out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.

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