Verse List for JDG 2:3

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OET (OET-RV) So I’m telling you that I won’t drive your enemies out ahead of you, but they’ll be like thorns in your sides and you’ll all end up being enslaved to their idols.”

OET-LV And_also I _say not I _will _drive _out them from_before _of_you(pl) and_they _will _be to/for_you(pl) (into)_sides and_gods _of_their they _will _become to/for_you(pl) (into)_a_snare.

ULT And I have also said, ‘I will not expel them from the face of you, but they will be to you in the sides, and their gods will be to you for a snare.’ ”

UST So now, as I warned you through Joshua, I will no longer help you force the people who live here to leave. They will bother you continually, as if they were thorns in your sides. And when you worship their idols, it will be as if a hunter catches you in a trap and kills you.”

BSB & MSB 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.”

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE & WMBB Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’ ”

NET At that time I also warned you, ‘If you disobey, I will not drive out the Canaanites before you. They will ensnare you and their gods will lure you away.’ ”

LSV And I have also said, I do not cast them out from your presence, and they have been for adversaries to you, and their gods are for a snare to you.”

FBV I also warned you, ‘I will not drive them out before you, and they will be snares for you, and their gods will be traps for you.’ ”[fn]

T4T So now, I am telling you that I will not expel your enemies as you advance. They will be like thorns in your sides. And they will try to trap you by making you worship their idols.”

LEB Now I say, I will not drive them out from before you; they will _⌊become as thorns_⌋[fn] for you, and their gods will be a trap for you.”

BBE And so I have said, I will not send them out from before you; but they will be a danger to you, and their gods will be a cause of falling to you.

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS Wherefore I also said: I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be unto you as snares, and their gods shall be a trap unto you.'

ASV 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.

DRA Wherefore I would not destroy them from before your face: that you may have enemies, and their gods may be your ruin.

YLT 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.'

Drby Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [scourges] in your sides, and their [fn]gods shall be a snare unto you.

RV 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.

SLT And I also said, I will not drive them out from your face; and they were to you for adversaries, and their gods shall be to you for a snare.

Wbstr 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 to you.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 Wherefore I also said, I will not driue them out from before you: but they shalbe as thornes in your sides, and their gods shalbe a snare vnto you.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps Wherfore I haue lykewyse determined, that I will not cast them out before you: but they shalbe as thornes vnto you, and their goddes shalbe a snare vnto you.
(Wherefore I have likewise determined, that I will not cast them out before you: but they shall be as thorns unto you, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.)

Gnva Wherefore, I sayd also, I wil not cast them out before you, but they shalbe as thornes vnto your sides, and their gods shalbe your destruction.
(Wherefore, I said also, I will not cast them out before you, but they shall be as thorns unto your sides, and their gods shall be your destruction.)

Cvdl Then saide I morouer: I wil not dryue them out before you, that they maye be a fall vnto you, and their goddes a snare.
(Then said I moreover/what’s_more: I will not drive them out before you, that they may be a fall unto you, and their gods a snare.)

Wycl Wherfore Y nolde do hem awei fro youre face, that ye haue enemyes, and that `the goddis of hem be to you in to fallyng.
(Wherefore I wouldn’t do hem away from your(pl) face, that ye/you_all have enemies, and that the gods of hem be to you in to falling.)

Luth Da sprach ich auch: Ich will sie nicht vertreiben vor euch, daß sie euch zum Stricke werden und ihre Götter zum Netze.
(So spoke I also: I will they/she/them not drive_out before/in_front_of you, that they/she/them you for_the rope/cord become and their/her gods for_the net(n).)

ClVg Quam ob rem nolui delere eos a facie vestra: ut habeatis hostes, et dii eorum sint vobis in ruinam.[fn]
(How because thing I_didn’t_want_to to_erase them from face your: as you(pl)_have enemies, and gods their let_them_be to_you(pl) in/into/on ruin.)

UHB וְ⁠גַ֣ם אָמַ֔רְתִּי לֹֽא־אֲגָרֵ֥שׁ אוֹתָ֖⁠ם מִ⁠פְּנֵי⁠כֶ֑ם וְ⁠הָי֤וּ לָ⁠כֶם֙ לְ⁠צִדִּ֔ים וֵ⁠אלֹ֣הֵי⁠הֶ֔ם יִהְי֥וּ לָ⁠כֶ֖ם לְ⁠מוֹקֵֽשׁ׃ ‡

BrLXX Κᾀγὼ εἶπον, οὐ μὴ ἐξάρω αὐτοὺς ἐκ προσώπου ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔσονται ὑμῖν εἰς συνοχὰς, καὶ οἱ θεοὶ αὐτῶν ἔσονται ὑμῖν εἰς σκάνδαλον.

BrTr And I said, I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be for a [fn]distress to you, and their gods shall be to you for an offence.