Deuteronomy 28:7Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways.
The setting
Plains of Moab, ~1400 BC. Israel faces 31 Canaanite kings across the Jordan. Moses promises military victory. Modern-day Jordan.
The emotion here: fierce confidence in God's military protection
The original word
nāgaph (נָגַף) — to strike down, defeat completely in battle
Why it matters
Seven was the number of completion — total defeat, not partial victory
Read with care
What most readers miss in Deuteronomy 28:7
They come organized (one way) but flee in chaos (seven ways) — their unity becomes confusion
Common misconceptionThis isn't about literal warfare — it's about any organized opposition against you being scattered by God's intervention.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Deuteronomy 28:7 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Deuteronomy 28:7 comes from the book of Deuteronomy, written during the exodus period. These words are attributed to Moses. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 80% and a tone that is prophetic. It belongs to the law genre of biblical literature. Key themes include protection, victory, divine intervention. Notable phrases: enemies; struck before you; one way. This verse contains a promise of God.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grateful
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7
“It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
— Acts 2:21
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
— Ephesians 2:8
“So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land o…”
— Genesis 45:8
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