Judges 2:3
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
Judges 2:3 in other translations
| BSB | So 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.” |
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| WEB | Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’” |
| ASV | Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. |
| YLT | And I also have said, I do not cast them out from your presence, and they have been to you for adversaries, and their gods are to you for a snare.' |
| DARBY | Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be scourges in your sides, and theirgods shall be a snare unto you. |
| BBE | And so I have said, I will not send them out from before you; but they will be a danger to you, and their gods will be a cause of falling to you. |
| Webster | Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you. |
What does Judges 2:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:1-3
Jud 2:1-10. An Angel Sent to Rebuke the People at Bochim. 1-3. an angel ... came from Gilgal to Bochim--We are inclined to think, from the authoritative tone of his language, that he was the Angel of the Covenant (Ex 23:20; Jos 5:14); the same who appeared in human form and announced himself captain of the Lord's host. His coming from Gilgal had a peculiar significance, for there the Israelites made a solemn…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 2:1-5
It was the great Angel of the covenant, the Word, the Son of God, who spake with Divine authority as Jehovah, and now called them to account for their disobedience. God sets forth what he had done for Israel, and what he had promised. Those who throw off communion with God, and have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, know not what they do now, and will have nothing to say for themselves in the day of…
Judges 2:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 2:3
- Joshua 23:13
Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
- Numbers 33:55
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.
- Psalms 106:36
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
- Exodus 23:33
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
- Judges 3:6
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
- Deuteronomy 7:16
And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
- Judges 2:21
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
- Exodus 34:12
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
- 1 Kings 11:1-7
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. …
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Context
- Judges 2:2
And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
- Judges 2:3
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
- Judges 2:4
And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
Judges 2:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por tanto yo también dije: No los echaré de delante de vosotros, sino que os serán por azote para vuestros costados, y sus dioses por tropiezo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et aussi j’ai dit: Je ne les chasserai pas de devant vous, et ils seront à vos côtés, et leurs dieux vous seront en piège. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | So habe ich auch gesagt: Ich werde sie nicht vor euch vertreiben; und sie werden zu euren Seiten sein, und ihre Götter werden euch zum Fallstrick werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quam ob rem nolui delere eos a facie vestra: ut habeatis hostes, et dii eorum sint vobis in ruinam. |