Exodus 23:29

Exodus 23:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
• New International Version (NIV)But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.

Context of Exodus 23:29

27I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run. 28I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you. 30Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land. 31And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

Exodus 23:29 word by word

לֹ֧א אֲגָרְשֶׁ֛נּוּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ בְּשָׁנָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת פֶּן־תִּהְיֶ֤ה הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ שְׁמָמָ֔ה וְרַבָּ֥ה עָלֶ֖יךָ חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

• I will notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• drive them outגָּרַשׁgârash · to drive out: drive outH1644
• before youפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• in a singleאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• otherwiseפֶּן־pên · lestH6435
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• would becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• desolateשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• and wildשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: wildlifeH7704
• animalsחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
• would multiplyרָבַבrâbab · to multiplyH7231
• against youעַל‛al · uponH5921

Cross-references for Exodus 23:29

• Deuteronomy 7:22The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
• Joshua 15:63But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
• Joshua 16:10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
• Joshua 17:12But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
• Judges 3:1These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

Commentaries on Exodus 23:29

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Beast of the field - i. e. destructive animals.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-33Verses 20-33 It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise, Behold, I send an angel before thee, mine angel. The precept joined with this promise is, that they be obedient to this angel whom God would send before them. Christ is the Angel of Jehovah; this is plainly taught by St. Paul, 1Co 10:9. They should have a comfortable settlement in the land of Canaan. How reasonable are the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-31I will: God, not Israel, would take the land. The land would be a gift from their Covenant Lord. Israel was being granted possession of it as long as they faithfully fulfilled the covenant.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3029-30. I will not drive ... out ... in one year; lest the land become desolate--Many reasons recommend a gradual extirpation of the former inhabitants of Canaan. But only one is here specified--the danger lest, in the unoccupied grounds, wild beasts should inconveniently multiply; a clear proof that the promised land was more than sufficient to contain the actual population of the Israelites.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Exodus 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings