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The Failure to Complete the Conquest

Judges 1:28

In 11 translations

BSB
When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
KJV
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
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.
LSV
and it comes to pass, when Israel has been strong, that he sets the Canaanite to forced labor, and has not utterly dispossessed it.
YLT
and it cometh to pass, when Israel hath been strong, that he setteth the Canaanite to tribute, and hath not utterly dispossessed it.
DBY
And it came to pass when Israel became strong, that they made the Canaanites tributary; but they did not utterly dispossess them.
DRC
But after Israel was grown strong he made them tributaries, and would not destroy them.
GNV
Neuerthelesse when Israel was strong, they put the Canaanites to tribute, and expelled them not wholly.
JPS
And it came to pass, when Israel was waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to task-work, but did in no wise drive them out.
LXXE
And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Chananite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיְהִי֙ כִּֽי־חָזַ֣ק יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י לָמַ֑ס וְהוֹרֵ֖ישׁ לֹ֥א הוֹרִישֽׁוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε ἐνίσχυσεν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐποίησε τὸν Χαναναῖον εἰς φόρον, καὶ ἐξαίρων οὐκ ἐξῇρεν αὐτόν.

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