The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to make a quick end of them, otherwise the wild animals would become too numerous for you.
Exodus 23:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and are numerous enough to take possession of the land. American Standard Version (1901) By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. Common English Bible I’ll drive them out before you little by little, until your numbers grow and you eventually possess the land. Catholic Public Domain Version I will expel them little by little from your sight, until you have expanded and may possess the land. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version By little and little I will drive them out from before thee: till thou be increased, and dost possess the land. |
The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to make a quick end of them, otherwise the wild animals would become too numerous for you.
all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians. I will myself drive them out from before the Israelites; only allot the land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.
I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes those nations that remain, along with all the nations that I have already cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.
The Lord your God will push them back before you and drive them out of your sight, and you shall possess their land, as the Lord your God promised you.
For the Lord has driven out before you great and strong nations, and as for you, no one has been able to withstand you to this day.