their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were unable to destroy utterly—these Solomon made a forced levy of slaves, and so they are to this day.
Joshua 17:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Yet the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of those cities; but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet the sons of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities, but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land. American Standard Version (1901) Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. Common English Bible The people of Manasseh couldn’t take over these cities, and the Canaanites were determined to live in this land. Catholic Public Domain Version The sons of Manasseh were not able to overthrow these cities, and so the Canaanite began to dwell in their land. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither could the children of Manasses overthrow these cities: but the Chanaanite began to dwell in his land. |
their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were unable to destroy utterly—these Solomon made a forced levy of slaves, and so they are to this day.
But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah could not drive out; so the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
However they did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: so the Canaanites have dwelt in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have become slaves to do forced labor.