Judges 1:28
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
Judges 1:28 in other translations
| BSB | When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely. |
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| WEB | When Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out. |
| ASV | And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out. |
| YLT | and it cometh to pass, when Israel hath been strong, that he setteth the Canaanite to tribute, and hath not utterly dispossessed it. |
| DARBY | And it came to pass when Israel became strong, that they made the Canaanites tributary; but they did not utterly dispossess them. |
| BBE | And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely. |
| Webster | And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that they subjected the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly expel them. |
What does Judges 1:28 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 1:17-36
17-29. And Judah went with Simeon his brother--The course of the narrative is here resumed from Jud 1:9, and an account given of Judah returning the services of Simeon (Jud 1:3), by aiding in the prosecution of the war within the neighboring tribes. slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath--or Zephathah (2Ch 14:10), a valley lying in the southern portion of Canaan. Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 1:21-36
The people of Israel were very careless of their duty and interest. Owing to slothfulness and cowardice, they would not be at the pains to complete their conquests. It was also owing to their covetousness: they were willing to let the Canaanites live among them, that they might make advantage of them. They had not the dread and detestation of idolatry they ought to have had. The same unbelief that kept their fathers…
Judges 1:28 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Judges 1:27
Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth–shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
- Judges 1:28
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
- Judges 1:29
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Judges 1:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Empero cuando Israel tomó fuerzas hizo al Cananeo tributario, mas no lo echó. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il arriva que, quand Israël fut devenu fort, il rendit le Cananéen tributaire; mais il ne le déposséda pas entièrement. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es geschah als Israel erstarkte, da machte es die Kanaaniter fronpflichtig; aber es trieb sie keineswegs aus. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Postquam autem confortatus est Israël, fecit eos tributarios, et delere noluit. |