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Joshua 23:13

know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

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ASV

know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

KJV

Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.

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Original language & word study

31 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יָד֙וֹעַ֙ya.Do.a'certainly <to know>H3045 →
תֵּֽדְע֔וּte.de.'Uyou will knowH3045 →
כִּי֩kithatH3588 →
לֹ֨אlo'notH3808 →
יוֹסִ֜יףyo.Sifhe will increaseH3254 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430 →
לְהוֹרִ֛ישׁle.ho.Rishto dispossessH3423 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
הָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428 →
מִלִּפְנֵיכֶ֑םmi.lif.nei.Khemfrom to before youH6440 →
וְהָי֨וּve.ha.Yuand they will becomeH1961 →
לָכֶ֜םla.Khemfor <the> you
לְפַ֣חle.Fach<into> a trapH6341 →
וּלְמוֹקֵ֗שׁu.le.mo.Keshand <into> a snareH4170 →
וּלְשֹׁטֵ֤טu.le.sho.Tetand <into> a scourgeH7850 →
בְּצִדֵּיכֶם֙be.tzi.dei.Khemin sides yourH6654 →
וְלִצְנִנִ֣יםve.litz.ni.Nimand <into> thornsH6796 →
בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֔םbe.'ei.nei.Khemin view yourH5869 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
אֲבָדְכֶ֗ם'a.va.de.Khemperish youH6 →
מֵ֠עַלMe.'alfrom onH5921 →
הָאֲדָמָ֤הha.'a.da.Mahthe landH127 →
הַטּוֹבָה֙ha.to.Vah<the> goodH2896 →
הַזֹּ֔אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834 →
נָתַ֣ןna.Tanhe has givenH5414 →
לָכֶ֔םla.Khemto <the> you
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430 →

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Judges 2:3So 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.”Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.Numbers 33:55But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.Ezekiel 28:24For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’Judges 2:21I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.Exodus 23:33They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”Psalms 81:14how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!Judges 2:2–3and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?Exodus 10:7Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is in ruins?”Deuteronomy 28:63–68Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.Psalms 69:22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.2 Kings 17:22–23The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.Psalms 106:35–39but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.Genesis 3:18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.Deuteronomy 20:18so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.Joshua 13:6All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.Leviticus 26:31–35I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

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