Numbers 33:55

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them shall become irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But if ye will not drive out{H3423} the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} from before{H6440} you, then shall those that ye let remain{H3498} of them be as pricks{H7899} in your eyes,{H5869} and as thorns{H6796} in your sides,{H6654} and they shall vex{H6887} you in the land{H776} wherein ye dwell.{H3427}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But if ye will not drive out{H3423}{(H8686)} the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776} from before{H6440} you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain{H3498}{(H8686)} of them shall be pricks{H7899} in your eyes{H5869}, and thorns{H6796} in your sides{H6654}, and shall vex{H6887}{(H8804)} you in the land{H776} wherein ye dwell{H3427}{(H8802)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    But and yf ye will not dryue out the inhabiters of ye londe before you then these which ye let remayne of the shalbe thornes in youre eyes and dartes in youre sydes and shall vexe you in the lode wherein ye dwell.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But yf ye wyll not dryue out the inhabiters of ye lande before yor face, then they who ye suffre to remayne, shall be come thornes in youre eyes, and dartes in youre sydes, & shall vexe you in the londe where ye dwell.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But if ye will not driue out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those which yee let ramaine of them, shalbe prickes in your eyes, and thornes in your sides, and shall vexe you in the land wherein ye dwell.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But and if ye wyll not dryue out the inhabiters of the lande before you, then those whiche ye let remayne of them, shalbe prickes in your eyes, and dartes in your sides, and shall vexe you in the lande wherein ye dwell.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them [shall be] pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those who you let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land in which you dwell.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And if ye do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it hath been, those whom ye let remain of them, `are' for pricks in your eyes, and for thorns in your sides, and they have distressed you on the land in which ye are dwelling,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But if you are slow in driving out the people of the land, then those of them who are still there will be like pin-points in your eyes and like thorns in your sides, troubling you in the land where you are living.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land in which you dwell.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those whom you allow to remain will be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your side, and will cause you trouble in the land where you will be living.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 2:3 : 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.'
  • Ps 106:34-36 : 34 They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, 35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their ways. 36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
  • Ezek 28:24 : 24 No longer will the people of Israel have among them a pricking brier or a painful thorn from any of their neighbors who scorn them. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.
  • Exod 23:33 : 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.
  • Deut 7:16 : 16 You shall destroy all the nations the LORD your God is giving over to you. Do not look on them with pity, and do not serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.
  • Josh 23:12-13 : 12 But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry with them and associate with them, 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.
  • Judg 1:21-36 : 21 The Benjaminites, however, did not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived there with the Benjaminites to this day. 22 The people of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them. 23 The house of Joseph spied out Bethel, which had previously been called Luz. 24 The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him, "Please show us how to enter the city, and we will treat you kindly." 25 He showed them the way into the city, and they struck the city with the sword but let the man and his family go free. 26 The man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and named it Luz, which is its name to this day. 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. 30 Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol. The Canaanites continued to live among them, but they were subjected to forced labor. 31 Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob. 32 The Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out. 33 Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh or Beth-anath, so they lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were subjected to forced labor. 34 The Amorites pressed the people of Dan into the hill country, not allowing them to come down to the valley. 35 The Amorites were determined to remain in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. However, the hand of the house of Joseph grew stronger, and the Amorites were subjected to forced labor. 36 The boundary of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and onward.
  • Deut 7:4 : 4 because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the LORD's anger will burn against you, and He will quickly destroy you.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Judg 2:3
    82%

    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.'

  • Josh 23:13
    79%

    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.

  • Num 33:56
    79%

    56 And what I had planned to do to them, I will do to you.

  • Num 33:52-53
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

    53 You shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess.

  • Josh 23:5
    75%

    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.

  • Exod 23:33
    74%

    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 23:27-30
    4 verses
    74%

    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.

    29 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.

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

  • Lev 26:36-39
    4 verses
    73%

    36 As for those of you who survive, I will bring weakness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as though running from a sword, though no one pursues them.

    37 They will stumble over one another as if fleeing from the sword, though no one pursues them. You will not be able to stand before your enemies.

    38 You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.

    39 Those of you who remain will waste away in their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the iniquities of their ancestors, they will waste away with them.

  • Deut 11:23
    72%

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

  • Deut 7:20
    72%

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

  • Num 32:15
    72%

    15 If you turn away from following Him, He will abandon them again in the wilderness, and you will bring destruction on all these people."

  • Lev 19:33
    72%

    33 When a stranger resides with you in your land, do not mistreat them.

  • Deut 9:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Deut 28:33-35
    3 verses
    71%

    33 A people you don’t know will eat the fruit of your land and the result of your labor. You will be oppressed and crushed continually.

    34 You will go mad because of the things you see with your own eyes.

    35 The LORD will strike you with painful and incurable boils on your knees and legs, and from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

  • Deut 7:17
    71%

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

  • Lev 18:28
    71%

    28 Make sure the land does not vomit you out when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was there before 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 12:29
    71%

    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,

  • Deut 28:51
    71%

    51 They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine, or fresh oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have wiped you out.

  • Deut 28:63
    71%

    63 Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so it will please Him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

  • Exod 33:2
    71%

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

  • Deut 28:65
    71%

    65 Among those nations, you will find no peace, and no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you an anxious heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

  • Exod 23:23
    71%

    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.

  • Num 32:30
    71%

    30 But if they do not cross over armed with you, they must take their possession among you in the land of Canaan."

  • Deut 28:21
    71%

    21 The LORD will cause pestilence to cling to you until He has consumed you from the land that you are entering to possess.

  • Lev 26:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 I, in turn, will do this to you: I will bring sudden terror upon you, wasting diseases and fever that destroy your eyes and drain your strength. You will plant your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.

    17 I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is chasing you.

  • Ps 78:55
    71%

    55 He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance with a measuring line; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

  • Deut 28:25
    70%

    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.

  • Deut 4:27
    70%

    27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will lead you.

  • Lev 26:33
    70%

    33 I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you. Your land will be desolate and your cities will lie in ruins.

  • Lev 20:23
    70%

    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 1:39
    70%

    39 And the little ones you said would be taken as plunder—your children who do not yet know good from evil—they will enter the land. I will give it to them, and they will take possession of it.

  • Deut 4:38
    70%

    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 11:31
    70%

    31 For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you. You will take possession of it and live in it.

  • Num 35:34
    70%

    34 Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.

  • Isa 7:25
    70%

    25 As for all the hills once cultivated with a hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns; they will become places where cattle are turned loose and sheep run freely.

  • Deut 6:19
    70%

    19 He will drive out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has promised.

  • Num 25:17
    70%

    17 ‘Treat the Midianites as enemies and strike them down.

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