Judges 2:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Judges 2:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 2:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 2:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.’””
Judges 2:3 — World English Bible
Judges 2:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Judges 2:3 — American Standard Version
Judges 2:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.'”
Judges 2:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 2:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [scourges] in your sides, and theirgods shall be a snare unto you. ”
Judges 2:3 — Darby Translation
Judges 2:3 GEN — 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.”
Judges 2:3 — Geneva Bible
Judges 2:3 in Context — Judges 2
1 And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
3 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.
4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.
What Does Judges 2:3 Mean?
Judges 2:3 is a verse from the Book of Judges, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Judges chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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