Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand up against you; you will destroy them. New Living Translation He will put their kings in your power, and you will erase their names from the face of the earth. No one will be able to stand against you, and you will destroy them all. English Standard Version And he will give their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under heaven. No one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them. Berean Standard Bible He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them. King James Bible And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. New King James Version And He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you will destroy their name from under heaven; no one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them. New American Standard Bible And He will hand over their kings to you, so that you will eliminate their name from under heaven; no one will be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them. NASB 1995 “He will deliver their kings into your hand so that you will make their name perish from under heaven; no man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them. NASB 1977 “And He will deliver their kings into your hand so that you shall make their name perish from under heaven; no man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them. Legacy Standard Bible And He will give their kings into your hand so that you will make their name perish from under heaven; no man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them. Amplified Bible And He will hand over their kings to you, and you will make their name perish from under heaven; no man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them. Christian Standard Bible He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them. Holman Christian Standard Bible He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them. American Standard Version And he will deliver their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt make their name to perish from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. English Revised Version And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt make their name to perish from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. GOD'S WORD® Translation He will hand their kings over to you, and no one on earth will even remember their names. No one will be able to stop you. You will destroy them all. Good News Translation He will put their kings in your power. You will kill them, and they will be forgotten. No one will be able to stop you; you will destroy everyone. International Standard Version He will deliver kings into your control, and you are to wipe out the memory of them from under heaven. No one will be able to stand before you. You are to utterly destroy them. NET Bible He will hand over their kings to you and you will erase their very names from memory. Nobody will be able to resist you until you destroy them. New Heart English Bible He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name to perish from under the sky: no man shall be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them. Webster's Bible Translation And he shall deliver their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou shalt have destroyed them. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleHe will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them. World English Bible He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under the sky. No one will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand He has given their kings into your hand, and you have destroyed their name from under the heavens; no man stations himself in your presence until you have destroyed them. Young's Literal Translation 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. Smith's Literal Translation And he gave their kings into thy hand, and destroy thou their name from under the heavens; and a man shall not stand before thee till thy destroying them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he shall deliver their kings into thy hands, and thou shalt destroy their names from under Heaven: no man shall be able to resist thee, until thou destroy them. Catholic Public Domain Version And he shall deliver their kings into your hands, and you shall abolish their names from under heaven. No one will be able to withstand you, until you crush them. New American Bible He will deliver their kings into your power, that you may make their names perish from under the heavens. No one will be able to stand up against you, till you have destroyed them. New Revised Standard Version He will hand their kings over to you and you shall blot out their name from under heaven; no one will be able to stand against you, until you have destroyed them. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he shall deliver their kings into your hands, and you shall destroy their name from under heaven; there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he shall hand over their Kings into your hands and you shall destroy their name from under Heaven, and no man shall stand before you until you destroy them. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And He shall deliver their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt make their name to perish from under heaven; there shall no man be able to stand against thee, until thou have destroyed them. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he shall deliver their kings into your hands, and ye shall destroy their name from that place; none shall stand up in opposition before thee, until thou shalt have utterly destroyed them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Promises of God…23But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed. 24He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them. 25You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.… Cross References Joshua 1:5 No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. Exodus 23:27-28 I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run. / I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. Joshua 10:8 The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.” Joshua 21:44 And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. Joshua 23:9 The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you. Judges 2:14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist. 1 Samuel 17:46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 1 Kings 8:56 “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses. Psalm 44:2-3 With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out. / For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them. Psalm 18:47 the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me, Psalm 47:3 He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet. Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD. Romans 8:31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Treasury of Scripture And he shall deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them. he shall Joshua 10:24,25,42 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them… Joshua 12:1 Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: their name Deuteronomy 9:14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. Deuteronomy 25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it. Deuteronomy 29:20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. there shall be Deuteronomy 11:25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. Joshua 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Joshua 10:8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. Jump to Previous Able Deliver Destroy Destroyed Destruction Existence Hand Hands Heaven Heavens Kings Names Perish Presence Sky Stand Station Way WipeJump to Next Able Deliver Destroy Destroyed Destruction Existence Hand Hands Heaven Heavens Kings Names Perish Presence Sky Stand Station Way WipeDeuteronomy 7 1. All communion with the nations is forbidden5. for fear of idolatry, 6. for the holiness of the people, 9. for the nature of God in his mercy and justice, 17. and for the assuredness of victory which God will give over them. He will hand their kings over to you This phrase emphasizes God's sovereignty and His role in delivering victory to the Israelites. The handing over of kings signifies a complete transfer of power and authority, which is a recurring theme in the conquest narratives of the Old Testament. This divine intervention is reminiscent of God's promise to Abraham in Genesis 15:18-21, where He assures the land to his descendants. The kings represent the leadership and strength of the Canaanite nations, and their defeat symbolizes the dismantling of opposition to God's plan. Historically, the defeat of kings was a significant event, as it often led to the collapse of entire cities or regions. and you will wipe out their names from under heaven No one will be able to stand against you you will annihilate them Persons / Places / Events 1. IsraelitesThe chosen people of God, who are being prepared to enter the Promised Land. 2. Canaanite Kings The rulers of the nations inhabiting the Promised Land, who are to be defeated by the Israelites. 3. Promised Land The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 4. Moses The leader of the Israelites, delivering God's commands and promises to the people. 5. God (Yahweh) The sovereign Lord who promises victory and deliverance to His people. Teaching Points God's Sovereignty in VictoryRecognize that ultimate victory comes from God, not human strength or strategy. Faith in God's Promises Trust in the promises of God, even when facing seemingly insurmountable challenges. Spiritual Warfare Understand that the battles we face are not just physical but spiritual, requiring reliance on God's power. Eradicating Sin Just as the Israelites were to remove the Canaanites, we are called to remove sin from our lives completely. God's Faithfulness Reflect on God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises, encouraging us to remain faithful in our walk with Him. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Deuteronomy 7:24?2. How does Deuteronomy 7:24 demonstrate God's promise of victory over enemies? 3. What does "wipe out their names" teach about God's judgment on idolatry? 4. How can we apply the principle of complete victory in spiritual battles today? 5. What connections exist between Deuteronomy 7:24 and God's promises in Joshua? 6. How does this verse encourage trust in God's power and faithfulness? 7. How does Deuteronomy 7:24 align with the concept of a loving God? 8. What historical evidence supports the events described in Deuteronomy 7:24? 9. How should Christians interpret the command to destroy nations in Deuteronomy 7:24? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 7? 11. Who was Agag in the Bible's narrative? 12. What does the Bible say about eunuchs? 13. How does Hosea 1:6-9 align with a just God punishing children for their parents' actions, contrary to Deuteronomy 24:16? 14. What is the order of the Bible's books? What Does Deuteronomy 7:24 Mean He will hand their kings over to you• The promise begins with God’s active role. Israel is not left to its own devices; victory is granted by the Lord Himself, much like Joshua later experienced when “the Lord gave all their enemies into their hands” (Joshua 21:44). • Kings symbolize the highest earthly authority of the nations in Canaan. By handing them over, God shows His supremacy over every human power (Psalm 2:1–6; Romans 8:31). • This assurance echoes earlier deliverances—Pharaoh in Egypt (Exodus 14:30) and Sihon and Og east of the Jordan (Deuteronomy 3:2–3). Each prior triumph builds confidence that the same God will keep this word. and you will wipe out their names from under heaven • “Wipe out” speaks of complete removal, not partial defeat. In ancient culture a name represented identity, legacy, and influence. Erasing it meant total extinction of a nation’s memory (Psalm 9:5; 109:13). • God had already pledged to blot out Amalek’s remembrance (Exodus 17:14). Here He broadens the scope to all Canaanite kings, ensuring that pagan idolatry could not re-establish itself among His people. • For believers today, the principle carries forward in Christ’s victory over sin and death—our old record is wiped clean (Colossians 2:14). No one will be able to stand against you • The promise of invincibility echoes God’s word to Joshua: “No one shall be able to stand against you all the days of your life” (Joshua 1:5). • It confirms that the outcome does not depend on Israel’s size or skill; it rests on covenant faithfulness (Deuteronomy 7:12–15). When they obeyed, even fortified cities fell (Joshua 6), but when they sinned, tiny Ai prevailed (Joshua 7). • Spiritually, this foreshadows the believer’s security: “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31; cf. Ephesians 6:10–13). you will annihilate them • The final phrase reiterates total conquest (Deuteronomy 20:16–18). God is safeguarding Israel from the corrupting practices of Canaan—child sacrifice, cult prostitution, and idolatry—which would otherwise lure the nation away (Deuteronomy 12:29–31). • Annihilation was judicial, not capricious. God had given the Amorites centuries to repent (Genesis 15:16); judgment now fell. • In the New Covenant the warfare is spiritual, yet the language of total defeat applies: “The weapons of our warfare… demolish strongholds” (2 Corinthians 10:4–5). Complete obedience still matters. summary Deuteronomy 7:24 underscores God’s absolute commitment to deliver His people, erase hostile powers, guarantee victory, and secure a holy future for Israel. Each phrase layers certainty on certainty: God grants the triumph, ensures the enemy’s memory is erased, removes any possibility of resistance, and commands total conquest. For believers, the verse magnifies divine faithfulness and invites wholehearted trust in the God who still overcomes every foe that threatens His redemptive plan. (24) He shall deliver their kings into thine hand.--In the summary of Joshua's conquest (Joshua 12) the kings are reckoned for the cities. Special mention is made of seven of them, who were hanged.There shall no man be able to stand before thee.--A promise personally renewed to Joshua (Joshua 1:5), and fulfilled to Israel under his command (Josh. 20:44). Verse 24. - The kings also of these nations should they utterly destroy, so that their memory should perish from the earth.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He will hand their kingsמַלְכֵיהֶם֙ (mal·ḵê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4428: A king over to וְנָתַ֤ן (wə·nā·ṯan) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set you, בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ (bə·yā·ḏe·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand and you will wipe out וְהַאֲבַדְתָּ֣ (wə·ha·’ă·ḇaḏ·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish their names שְׁמָ֔ם (šə·mām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 8034: A name from under מִתַּ֖חַת (mit·ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition-m Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of heaven. הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (haš·šā·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky No לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no one אִישׁ֙ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person will be able to stand יִתְיַצֵּ֥ב (yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand against you; בְּפָנֶ֔יךָ (bə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face you will annihilate them. הִשְׁמִֽדְךָ֖ (hiš·miḏ·ḵā) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed Links Deuteronomy 7:24 NIVDeuteronomy 7:24 NLT Deuteronomy 7:24 ESV Deuteronomy 7:24 NASB Deuteronomy 7:24 KJV Deuteronomy 7:24 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 7:24 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 7:24 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 7:24 French Bible Deuteronomy 7:24 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 7:24 He will deliver their kings into your (Deut. 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