Devine Scripture

Exodus 23:29

Exodus chapter 23 · verse 29 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

Context

v.28And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

v.29This passage

v.30By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 3:1

    Now 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;

  • Joshua 15:63

    And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

  • Deuteronomy 7:22

    And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

  • Joshua 16:10

    And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to do taskwork.

  • Joshua 17:12

    Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.