Joshua 17:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.”
Joshua 17:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joshua 17:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Joshua 17:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yet the children of Manasseh couldn’t drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.”
Joshua 17:12 — World English Bible
Joshua 17:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.”
Joshua 17:12 — American Standard Version
Joshua 17:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the sons of Manasseh have not been able to occupy these cities, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in this land,”
Joshua 17:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Joshua 17:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But the children of Manasseh could not dispossess [the inhabitants of] those cities; and the Canaanites would dwell in that land.”
Joshua 17:12 — Darby Translation
Joshua 17:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Yet the children of Manasseh coulde not destroy those cities, but the Canaanites dwelled still in that land.”
Joshua 17:12 — Geneva Bible
Joshua 17:12 in Context — Joshua 17
10 Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth–shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto?
What Does Joshua 17:12 Mean?
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