Judges 1:29
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Judges 1:29 in other translations
| BSB | Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer. |
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| WEB | Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them. |
| ASV | And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. |
| YLT | And Ephraim hath not dispossessed the Canaanite who is dwelling in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwelleth in its midst, in Gezer. |
| DARBY | And Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt among them in Gezer. |
| BBE | And Ephraim did not make the Canaanites who were living in Gezer go out; but the Canaanites went on living in Gezer among them. |
| Webster | Neither did Ephraim expel the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. |
What does Judges 1:29 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 1:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 1:29
- Joshua 16:10
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
- 1 Kings 9:16
For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
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Context
- 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 1:30
Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
Judges 1:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tampoco Ephraim echó al Cananeo que habitaba en Gezer; antes habitó el Cananeo en medio de ellos en Gezer. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Éphraïm ne déposséda pas le Cananéen qui habitait à Guézer; mais le Cananéen a habité au milieu d’eux à Guézer. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Ephraim trieb die Kanaaniter nicht aus, die zu Geser wohnten; und die Kanaaniter wohnten in ihrer Mitte zu Geser. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ephraim etiam non interfecit Chananæum, qui habitabat in Gazer, sed habitavit cum eo. |