By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
Exodus 23:29 - Revised Version 1885 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate [for lack of attention] and the wild beasts multiply against you. 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. Common English Bible I won’t drive them out before you in a single year so the land won’t be abandoned and the wild animals won’t multiply around you. Catholic Public Domain Version I will not cast them out from your face in one year, lest the land be reduced to a wilderness and the wild beasts increase against you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I will not cast them out from thy face in one year: lest the land be brought into a wilderness, and the beasts multiply against thee. |
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before the LORD thy God three times in the year.
And the LORD 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.
And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, unto this day.
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwelt in the midst of Ephraim, unto this day, and became servants to do taskwork.