Judges 2:3 “So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; t…”

Judges 2:3

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.’”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore, I sayd also, I wil not cast them out before you, but they shalbe as thornes vnto your sides, and their gods shalbe your destruction.

Darby Translation

Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [scourges] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

Young's Literal Translation

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.'

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“I also said”

Joshua 23:13 Numbers 33:55 Judges 2:21

Joshua 23:13 · BSB

know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this go…

Numbers 33:55 · BSB

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.

Judges 2:21 · BSB

I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.

“their gods”

Psalm 106:36 Judges 3:6 Exodus 23:33 Exodus 34:12 Deuteronomy 7:16 1 Kings 11:1–7

Psalm 106:36 · BSB

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

Judges 3:6 · BSB

And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

Exodus 23:33 · BSB

They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

Exodus 34:12 · BSB

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

Deuteronomy 7:16 · BSB

You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

1 Kings 11:1–7 · BSB

King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

4When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

Read Judges 2