Judges 1 · Verse 33

Judges 1:33

Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth–anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh and of Beth–anath became tributaries unto them.
Judges 1:33, King James Version

Judges 1:33 in other translations

BSBNaphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.
WEBNaphtali didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor.
ASVNaphtali drove not out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to taskwork.
YLTNaphtali hath not dispossessed the inhabitants of Beth-Shemesh, and the inhabitants of Beth-Anath, and he dwelleth in the midst of the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of Beth-Shemesh and of Beth-Anath have become tributary to them.
DARBYNaphtali did not dispossess the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; and he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries to them.
BBENaphtali did not take the land of the people of Beth-shemesh or of Beth-anath, driving them out; but he was living among the Canaanites in the land; however, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were put to forced work.
WebsterNeither did Naphtali expel the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries to them.

What does Judges 1:33 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 Neither did Naphtali - See the notes on Jos 19:32-39 (note).

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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…

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Judges 1:33 in the original Hebrew

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נַפְתָּלִ֗יnaf.ta.LiNaphtaliH5321
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
הוֹרִ֞ישׁho.Rishit dispossessedH3423
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יֹשְׁבֵ֤יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
בֵֽית\־veit-BethH1053
שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙she.meshShemeshH1053
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
יֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
בֵית\־veit-BethH1043
עֲנָ֔ת'a.NatAnathH1043
וַיֵּ֕שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand it dweltH3427
בְּקֶ֥רֶבbe.Ke.revin [the] midst ofH7130
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יha.ke.na.'a.Nithe Canaanite[s]H3669
יֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤יve.yo.she.Veiand [the] inhabitants ofH3427
בֵֽית\־veit-BethH1053
שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙she.meshShemeshH1053
וּבֵ֣יתu.Veitand BethH1043
עֲנָ֔ת'a.NatAnathH1043
הָי֥וּha.Yuthey becameH1961
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemfor <the> them
לָמַֽס\׃\ \סla.Mas<into> forced laborH4522

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Cross references for Judges 1:33

  • Joshua 19:32-38

    The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth–tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising. And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, …

  • Psalms 18:24

    Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

  • 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 1:35

    But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Naphtali.
Jos 19:32-38
he dwelt.
32
became.
30,35; Ps 18:24

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Context

  • Judges 1:32

    But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

  • Judges 1:33

    Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth–anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh and of Beth–anath became tributaries unto them.

  • Judges 1:34

    And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

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Judges 1:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Tampoco Nephtalí echó á los que habitaban en Beth-semes, y á los que habitaban en Beth-anath, sino que moró entre los Cananeos que habitaban en la tierra; mas fuéronle tributarios los moradores de Beth-semes, y los moradores de Beth-anath.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Nephthali ne déposséda pas les habitants de Beth-Shémesh, ni les habitants de Beth-Anath; et il a habité au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays; mais les habitants de Beth-Shémesh et de Beth-Anath lui devinrent tributaires.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Naphtali trieb nicht aus die Bewohner von Beth-Semes und die Bewohner von Beth-Anath; und er wohnte inmitten der Kanaaniter, der Bewohner des Landes; aber die Bewohner von Beth-Semes und von Beth-Anath wurden ihm fronpflichtig.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nephthali quoque non delevit habitatores Bethsames, et Bethanath: et habitavit inter Chananæum habitatorem terræ, fueruntque ei Bethsamitæ et Bethanitæ tributarii.