Exodus 23:29

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I will not drive them out before you in a single year, because the land would become desolate, and the wild animals would multiply against you.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    I will not drive them out{H1644} from before{H6440} thee in one{H259} year,{H8141} lest the land{H776} become desolate,{H8077} and the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} multiply{H7227} against thee.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    I will not drive them out{H1644}{(H8762)} from before{H6440} thee in one{H259} year{H8141}; lest the land{H776} become desolate{H8077}, and the beast{H2416} of the field{H7704} multiply{H7227} against thee.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    I will not cast them out in one yere, lest the lande growe to a wyldernesse: and the beestes of the felde multiplye apon the.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    In one yeare wyl I not cast the out before the, yt the londe become not waist, & wylde beastes multiply agaynst ye:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I will not cast them out from thy face in one yeere, least the land grow to a wildernes: & the beasts of the field multiplie against thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Neuerthelesse, I wyll not cast them out before thee in one yere, lest the land growe to a wyldernesse, and the beast of the fielde multiplie agaynst thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    I will not send them all out in one year, for fear that their land may become waste, and the beasts of the field be increased overmuch against you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 7:22 : 22 The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.
  • Judg 3:1-4 : 1 These are the nations that the Lord left in order to test Israel—those who had not experienced the wars of Canaan. 2 He did this to teach subsequent generations of the Israelites—those who had not known previous wars—how to fight. 3 The nations included 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 the entrance of Hamath. 4 They were left to test Israel in order to know whether they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had given to their ancestors through Moses.
  • Josh 15:63 : 63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the descendants of Judah could not drive them out. The Jebusites live with the descendants of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
  • Josh 16:10 : 10 However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers.
  • Josh 17:12-13 : 12 But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to drive out the inhabitants of these cities. So the Canaanites continued to live in the land. 13 However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not completely drive them out.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:30-33
    4 verses
    86%

    30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you are fruitful and take possession of the land.

    31 I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the inhabitants of the land, and you will drive them out before you.

    32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.

    33 They must not live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against me, because if you worship their gods, it will become a snare to you.

  • Exod 23:26-28
    3 verses
    82%

    26 None will miscarry or be barren in your land, and I will fulfill the number of your days.

    27 I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.

    28 I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive out the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites from your path.

  • Deut 7:22-23
    2 verses
    80%

    22 The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.

    23 But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great panic until they are destroyed.

  • Judg 2:3
    74%

    3 So now I say, 'I will not drive them out before you. They will become thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.'

  • Judg 2:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21 'I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died.'

    22 I will use them to test Israel and see whether they will keep the way of the LORD and walk in it as their ancestors did.

    23 The LORD allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out immediately by giving them into Joshua’s hand.

  • Josh 24:12
    72%

    12 I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings from before you. It was not by your sword or bow.

  • Num 33:55
    72%

    55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land where you live.

  • Exod 33:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 I will send an angel ahead of you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

    3 Go to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.

  • Josh 23:13
    71%

    13 then you can be certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land the LORD your God has given you.

  • Exod 34:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 Observe what I command you today. I am driving out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

    12 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, or they will become a snare in your midst.

  • Deut 11:23
    70%

    23 then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

  • Exod 23:23
    70%

    23 My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.

  • Deut 9:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 Do not say in your heart, when the LORD your God drives them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to take possession of this land,' but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you.

    5 It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are entering to take possession of their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out before you, and to fulfill the promise the LORD swore to your ancestors—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Josh 23:5
    70%

    5 The LORD your God will drive them out from before you and dispossess them from your sight, so you will take possession of their land, just as the LORD your God promised you.

  • Deut 7:20
    70%

    20 Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left and hiding from you perish.

  • Judg 1:27-29
    3 verses
    69%

    27 Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its surrounding villages, or Taanach and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its surrounding villages. The Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.

    28 When Israel became strong, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not completely drive them out.

    29 Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; the Canaanites continued to live among them in Gezer.

  • Deut 7:17
    69%

    17 If you say in your heart, 'These nations are too numerous for me; how can I drive them out?'

  • Exod 34:24
    69%

    24 For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man will covet your land when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times a year.

  • Lev 26:22
    69%

    22 I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.

  • Lev 20:23
    69%

    23 Do not follow the customs of the nations that I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

  • Deut 7:1
    69%

    1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of, and He drives out many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—seven nations more numerous and stronger than you,

  • Lev 26:6
    69%

    6 I will give peace in the land, and you will lie down with no one to make you afraid. I will remove harmful beasts from the land, and no sword will go through your land.

  • Ezek 29:11
    69%

    11 No foot of man or beast will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years.

  • Josh 23:9
    69%

    9 The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one has been able to stand against you to this day.

  • Deut 4:38
    68%

    38 He drove out nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you into their land and to give it to you as an inheritance, as it is today.

  • Deut 12:29
    68%

    29 When the Lord your God cuts off the nations before you, the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,

  • Lev 18:24
    68%

    24 Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

  • Josh 17:12-13
    2 verses
    67%

    12 But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to drive out the inhabitants of these cities. So the Canaanites continued to live in the land.

    13 However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not completely drive them out.

  • Deut 9:28
    67%

    28 Otherwise, the land from which you brought us out will say, "The LORD was not able to bring them into the land he promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to kill them in the wilderness."

  • Ezek 14:15
    67%

    15 If I send wild beasts through the land and they ravage it, leaving it desolate so that no one can pass through because of the beasts,

  • Deut 28:25
    67%

    25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will become a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Num 33:52
    67%

    52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

  • Ezek 32:13
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    13 I will destroy all its cattle beside many waters, so no human foot will stir them up again, nor will the hooves of cattle stir them up.

  • Exod 3:17
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    17 'And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.'

  • Neh 9:24
    66%

    24 Their descendants went in and took possession of the land. You subdued the inhabitants of the land—the Canaanites—before them and handed their kings and the peoples of the land over to them, to do with as they desired.

  • Exod 1:10
    66%

    10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise, they will multiply further, and in the event of war, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country."