Deuteronomy 7:23
But the Lord thy God shall deliver them in thy sight: and shall slay them until they be utterly destroyed.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dabitque eos Dominus Deus tuus in conspectu tuo : et interficiet illos, donec penitus deleantur.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ παραδώσει αὐτοὺς Κύριος ὁ θεός σου εἰς τὰς χεῖράς σου, καὶ ἀπολεῖς αὐτοὺς ἀπωλίᾳ μεγάλῃ ἕως ἂν ἐξολεθρεύσῃ αὐτούς·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וּנְתָנָ֛ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וְהָמָם֙ מְהוּמָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֔ה עַ֖ד הִשָּׁמְדָֽם
The Fathers on this verse
St John Cassian The Conferences of John Cassian. Part I. Containing Conferences I-X, Chapter XIV. Of the struggle into which we must enter against our faults, when they attack us
Wherefore we must enter the lists against these faults in such a way that every one should discover his besetting sin, and direct his main attack against it, directing all his care and watchfulness of mind to guard against its assault, directing against it daily the weapons of fasting, and at all times hurling against it the constant darts of sighs and groanings from the heart, and employing against it the labours of vigils and the meditation of the heart, and further pouring forth to God constant tears and prayers and continually and expressly praying to be delivered from its attack. …