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Judges 1:29

And Ephraim did not make the Canaanites who were living in Gezer go out; but the Canaanites went on living in Gezer among them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaanites;   Gezer;   Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Canaanites, the;   Ephraim, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Canaan;   Gezer;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judges, book of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fenced Cities;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gezer;   Joshua, the Book of;   Judges, the Book of;   Palestine;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gezer;   Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canaanites;   Ephraim;   Gezer;   Girzites;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Idolatry;   Israel;   Judges (1);   Numbers, Book of;   Palestine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Asher ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ephraim ;   Gezer, Gezrites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Dan;   Jehoshaphat;   Jerusalem;   Scripture;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ge'zer;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alliance;   Gezer;   Joshua, Book of;   Judges, Book of:;   Judges, Period of;   Levitical Cities;   Palestine;   Tax;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gezer;   Judges, Book of;   Judges, Period of;   War;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
At that time Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived among them in Gezer.
Hebrew Names Version
Efrayim didn't drive out the Kana`anim who lived in Gezer; but the Kana`anim lived in Gezer among them.
King James Version
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Lexham English Bible
Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites lived in their midst in Gezer.
English Standard Version
And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
New Century Version
The people of Ephraim did not force out all of the Canaanites living in Gezer. So the Canaanites continued to live in Gezer with the people of Ephraim.
New English Translation
The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.
Amplified Bible
Neither did [the warriors of] Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
New American Standard Bible
And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Likewise Ephraim expelled not the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Legacy Standard Bible
En Efraim het die Kanaäniete, die inwoners van Geser, nie verdrywe nie; sodat die Kanaäniete in sy midde in Geser bly woon het.
Contemporary English Version
The Ephraim tribe did not get rid of the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites lived there with Israelites all around them.
Complete Jewish Bible
Efrayim did not drive out the Kena‘ani living in Gezer; so the Kena‘ani continued living in Gezer along with them.
Darby Translation
And Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt among them in Gezer.
Easy-to-Read Version
There were Canaanites living in Gezer. And the Ephraimites did not make all the Canaanites leave their land. So they continued to live in Gezer with the Ephraimites.
George Lamsa Translation
Neither did Ephraim destroy the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Good News Translation
The tribe of Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites living in the city of Gezer, and so the Canaanites continued to live there with them.
Literal Translation
And Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, and the Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In like maner Ephraim droue not out ye Cananites that dwelt at Gaser, but the Cananites dwelt amonge them at Gaser.
American Standard Version
And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In lyke maner Ephraim expelled not the Chanaanites that dwelt in Gazer: but the Chanaanites dwelt still in Gazer among them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
King James Version (1611)
Neither did Ephraim driue out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Ephraim did not drive out the Chananite that dwelt in Gazer; and the Chananite dwelt in the midst of him in Gazer, and became tributary.
English Revised Version
And Ephraim drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Berean Standard Bible
Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Effraym killide not Cananei that dwellyde in Gaser, but dwellide with hym.
Young's Literal Translation
And Ephraim hath not dispossessed the Canaanite who is dwelling in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwelleth in its midst, in Gezer.
Update Bible Version
And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Neither did Ephraim expel the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
World English Bible
Ephraim didn't drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
New King James Version
Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; so the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
New Living Translation
The tribe of Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites continued to live there among them.
New Life Bible
Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer. So the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
New Revised Standard
And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Ephraim, dispossessed not the Canaanites who were dwelling in Gezer, - so the Canaanites remained in their midst, in Gezer.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Ephraim also did not slay the Chanaanite that dwelt in Gazer, but dwelt with him.
Revised Standard Version
And E'phraim did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
THE MESSAGE
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. The Canaanites stuck it out and lived there with them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

Contextual Overview

21 And the children of Judah did not make the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem go out; the Jebusites are still living with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem. 22 And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them. 23 So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.) 24 And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you. 25 So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe. 26 And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day. 27 And Manasseh did not take away the land of the people of Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, or of Taanach and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Ibleam and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Megiddo and its daughter-towns, driving them out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land. 28 And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely. 29 And Ephraim did not make the Canaanites who were living in Gezer go out; but the Canaanites went on living in Gezer among them. 30 Zebulun did not make the people of Kitron or the people of Nahalol go out; but the Canaanites went on living among them and were put to forced work.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua 16:10, 1 Kings 9:16

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:33 - Gezer Judges 3:5 - dwelt 1 Samuel 27:8 - the Amalekites 1 Kings 9:15 - Gezer

Cross-References

Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:
Genesis 1:15
And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:16
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.
Genesis 1:24
And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so.
Genesis 1:25
And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.
Genesis 1:27
And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.
Genesis 1:28
And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
Genesis 2:16
And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:
Genesis 9:3
Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer,.... Not so much as made them tributaries, but made a covenant with them, it is probable, contrary to the express will of God:

but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them; the Ephraimites agreeing to it, and here they dwelt to the times of Solomon;

:-; where indeed they are said to be under tribute; but that seems to respect some later time, and not when they were first admitted to dwell among them, since no mention is made of it here.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 1:29. Neither did Ephraim — See the notes on the parallel passages, Joshua 16:5-10.


 
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