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Judges 2:21

Joshua

19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;

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

22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

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BSB
I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
KJV
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
WEB
I also will no longer drive out any of the nations that Joshua left when he died from before them;
ASV
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
DARBY
I also will not henceforth dispossess from before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
BLB
I also will not continue to dispossess any before their faces from the nations that Joshua left when he died,
ÅB
så vil jeg heller ikke mere drive bort for dem noe av de folk som Josva lot tilbake da han døde.
OTB
vil jeg slutte å drive ut noen av de nasjonene som Josva etterlot da han døde.
B1930
så vil jeg heller ikke mere drive bort for dem noget av de folk som Josva lot tilbake da han døde.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Joshua 23:13

    Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

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  • Judges 2:3

    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.

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  • Ezekiel 20:24

    Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

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  • Judges 3:3

    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.

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