Exodus 23:29
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I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
In other translations
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
Hebrew words
לֹאlo'notH3808אֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּ'agareshenuI will drive out itH1644מִפָּנֶיךָmipaneikhafrom before youH6440בְּשָׁנָהbeshanahin a yearH8141אֶחָת'echatoneH259פֶּן־pen-lestH6435תִּהְיֶהtihyehit should becomeH1961הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776שְׁמָמָהshemamaha wasteH8077וְרַבָּהverabahand it will become manyH7231עָלֶיךָ'aleikhaon youH5921חַיַּתchaiyat[the] animal[s] ofH2416הַשָּׂדֶה׃hasadehthe fieldH7704
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 7:22And the Lord thy God will put 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.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.
- Judges 3:1-41 Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal–hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.1 These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan, 2 if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly: 3 the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath. 4 These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.
- Joshua 17:12-1312 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.12 But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land. 13 However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.
- Joshua 15:63As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
- Joshua 16:10And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
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