Judges 2:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּם־אֲנִי֙ לֹ֣א אוֹסִ֔יף לְהוֹרִ֥ישׁ אִ֖ישׁ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם מִן־הַגּוֹיִ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־עָזַ֥ב יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ וַיָּמֹֽת׃

Transliteration

Also-I not ʾôsîp̄ to-ləhôrîš ʾîš from-before-them from-the-gôyim which-ʿāzaḇ Yəhôšuaʿ and-wayyāmōt

Grammar Details

*ʾôsîp̄*: hiphil imperfect, 1st singular - I will add
*ləhôrîš*: hiphil infinitive construct with preposition ל - to drive out
*ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man/anyone
*gôyim*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the nations
*ʿāzaḇ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he left
*Yəhôšuaʿ*: proper noun - Joshua
*wayyāmōt*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he died

Word Meanings

*ʾôsîp̄*: I will add/continue/do again
*ləhôrîš*: to drive out/dispossess/cause to inherit
*ʾîš*: man/anyone/each one
*gôyim*: nations/peoples/gentiles
*ʿāzaḇ*: he left/forsook/abandoned
*wayyāmōt*: and he died/passed away

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Referenced Verses

Josh 23:13 : 13 know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.
Judg 2:3 : 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
Judg 3:3 : 3 [ namely], the 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 entrance of Hamath.
Ezek 20:24 : 24 because they had not executed mine ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Judg 2:22-23
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22that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
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2and ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall break down their altars. But ye have not hearkened unto my voice: why have ye done this?
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2 Kgs 21:8
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Judg 2:20
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20And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
Exod 23:29-30
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29I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.
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Deut 31:2-3
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2And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
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Deut 4:21-22
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21Furthermore Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
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Josh 11:15
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15As Jehovah commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua: and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that Jehovah commanded Moses.
2 Chr 33:8
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8neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances [given] by Moses.
Josh 18:2
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1 Kgs 6:13
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Josh 23:13
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13know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.
Josh 3:10
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10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
Deut 31:23
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23And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
Josh 13:1
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Judg 3:1
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1Now these are the nations which Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, even as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Deut 1:37-39
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37Also Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither:
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39Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Judg 1:27
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Lev 20:23
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23And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
Josh 1:2
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2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
Josh 1:5
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5There 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.
Josh 20:1
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1And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,
Judg 2:6-7
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6Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
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Num 32:11
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11Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
Deut 3:21
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21And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall Jehovah do unto all the kingdoms whither thou goest over.
Judg 1:21
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Deut 9:4
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4Speak not thou in thy heart, after that Jehovah thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah hath brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah doth drive them out from before thee.
Josh 17:13
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13And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.
Josh 23:1
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Num 26:65
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65For Jehovah had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Josh 24:18
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Exod 33:2
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Josh 7:12
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Ps 106:34
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