Exodus 23:30
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
Exodus 23:30 in other translations
| BSB | Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land. |
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| WEB | Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land. |
| ASV | By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. |
| YLT | little by little I cast them out from before thee, till thou art fruitful, and hast inherited the land. |
| DARBY | By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou art fruitful, and possess the land. |
| BBE | Little by little I will send them away before you, till your numbers are increased and you take up your heritage in the land. |
| Webster | By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou shalt be increased and inherit the land. |
What does Exodus 23:30 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 23:29-30
29-30. I will not drive ... out ... in one year; lest the land become desolate--Many reasons recommend a gradual extirpation of the former inhabitants of Canaan. But only one is here specified--the danger lest, in the unoccupied grounds, wild beasts should inconveniently multiply; a clear proof that the promised land was more than sufficient to contain the actual population of the Israelites.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 23:20-33
It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise, Behold, I send an angel before thee, mine angel. The precept joined with this promise is, that they be obedient to this angel whom God would send before them. Christ is the Angel of Jehovah; this is plainly taught by St. Paul, 1Co 10:9. They should have a comfortable settlement in the land of Canaan…
Exodus 23:30 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Exodus 23:29
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.
- Exodus 23:30
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
- Exodus 23:31
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Exodus 23:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Poco á poco los echaré de delante de ti, hasta que te multipliques y tomes la tierra por heredad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | je les chasserai peu à peu devant toi, jusqu’à ce que tu croisses en nombre, et que tu hérites le pays. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Nach und nach werde ich sie vor dir vertreiben, bis daß du fruchtbar bist und das Land besitzest. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Paulatim expellam eos de conspectu tuo, donec augearis, et possideas terram. |