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Numbers 33:55

But 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.

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ASV

But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

KJV

But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאִם־ve.'im-and ifH518 →
לֹ֨אlo'notH3808 →
תוֹרִ֜ישׁוּto.Ri.shuyou will dispossessH3423 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427 →
הָאָרֶץ֮ha.'a.Retzthe landH776 →
מִפְּנֵיכֶם֒mi.pe.nei.Khemfrom before youH6440 →
וְהָיָה֙ve.ha.Yahand he will becomeH1961 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher[those] whomH834 →
תּוֹתִ֣ירוּto.Ti.ruyou will leaveH3498 →
מֵהֶ֔םme.Hemany of <the> them
לְשִׂכִּים֙le.si.Kim<into> thornsH7899 →
בְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔םbe.'Ei.nei.Khemin view yourH5869 →
וְלִצְנִינִ֖םve.litz.ni.Nimand <into> pricksH6796 →
בְּצִדֵּיכֶ֑םbe.tzi.dei.Khemin sides yourH6654 →
וְצָרֲר֣וּve.tza.ra.Ruand they will opposeH6887 →
אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הָאָ֕רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אַתֶּ֖ם'a.TemyouH859 →
יֹשְׁבִ֥יםyo.she.Vim[will be] dwellingH3427 →
בָּֽהּ׃Bahin <the> it

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2 Corinthians 12:7or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.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.”Psalms 106:34–36They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,Joshua 23:12–13For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,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.Deuteronomy 7:4because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.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.”Joshua 23:13know 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.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 1:21–36The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.Joshua 13:13but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

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The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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