Judges 2:21

Judges 2:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
• New International Version (NIV)I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died,
• New King James Version (NKJV)I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died,

Context of Judges 2:21

19But when the judge died, they would keep turning back and acted more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods, worshipping them, and bowing down to them. They abandoned none of their practices and stubborn ways. 20So the anger of Adonai burned against Israel, and He declared, “Since this nation has transgressed My covenant that I commanded their fathers and has not listened to My voice, I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died, 22in order to test Israel by them, whether or not they will keep the way of Adonai to walk in it as their fathers did.” 23So Adonai left those nations, without driving them out quickly. Thus so He had not given them into the hand of Joshua.

Judges 2:21 word by word

גַּם־אֲנִי֙ לֹ֣א אוֹסִ֔יף לְהוֹרִ֥ישׁ אִ֖ישׁ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם מִן־הַגּוֹיִ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־עָזַ֥ב יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ וַיָּמֹֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I also will not henceforthיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• drive outיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• anyאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• from beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• them of the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• which Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• leftעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• when he diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Judges 2:21

• Judges 2:3Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you, but they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’”
• Judges 3:3These nations included the five Philistine lords, and all the Canaanites, Zidonians and the Hivites living in the hill country of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
• Joshua 23:13know for certain that Adonai your God will no longer drive these nations out from before you. Instead they will become a snare and a trap for you, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which Adonai your God has given you.
• Ezekiel 20:24For they had not obeyed My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes and profaned My Shabbatot. Their eyes went after their fathers’ idols.

Commentaries on Judges 2:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21I will not henceforth drive out - As a people, they never had personal courage, discipline, or hardihood, sufficient to stand before their enemies: the advantages they gained were by the peculiar interference of God. This they had while obedient; when they ceased to obey, his strong arm was no longer stretched out in their behalf; therefore their enemies continued to possess the land which God purposed to give them as their inheritance for ever.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-23Verses 6-23 We have a general idea of the course of things in Israel, during the time of the Judges. The nation made themselves as mean and miserable by forsaking God, as they would have been great and happy if they had continued faithful to him. Their punishment answered to the evil they had done. They served the gods of the nations round about them, even the meanest, and God made them serve the princes of the nations round about them, even the meanest…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-23The remaining Canaanites and their religion tempted the Israelites, offering an alternative to following the Lord and his covenant. God knew and even planned this outcome (compare Judges 3:4), but he does not set his people up to sin (James 1:12–15). Temptations are everywhere, but the choice to obey God or give in to temptation is up to those who claim to know him. Israel had a duty to fully possess the land, but God, not humans, decides victory or…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 2:21

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Commentaries on Judges 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby 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