KJV King James Version
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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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
WEB World English Bible
Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I also have said, I do not cast them out from your presence, and they have been to you for adversaries, and their gods are to you for a snare.’
Surrounding context — Judges 2
1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
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.
4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְגַ֣םH1571 · gamalsoאָמַ֔רְתִּיH559 · a.marto sayלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotאֲגָרֵ֥שׁH1644 · ga.rashto drive out: drive outאוֹתָ֖םH853 · et[Obj.]מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑םH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוְהָי֤וּH1961 · ha.yahto beלָכֶם֙H9036 · khemyouלְצִדִּ֔יםH6654 · tsadsideוֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔םH430 · e.lo.himGodיִהְי֥וּH1961 · ha.yahto beלָכֶ֖םH9036 · khemyouלְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃H4170 · mo.qeshsnare
Cross-references
Joshua 23:13Know 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.Numbers 33:55But 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.Deuteronomy 7:16And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee.Psalm 106:36And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.Exodus 34:12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:Judges 3:6And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.Judges 2:21I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:Exodus 23:33They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.1 Kings 11:1-7But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites;
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