约书亚记 23:13

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

你們就必知道，耶和華你們的　神必不再把這些國家從你們面前趕出去；他們必要成為你們的網羅和陷阱，肋下的鞭和眼中的刺，直到你們從耶和華你們的　神賜給你們的這美地上滅亡為止。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 们 要 确 实 知 道 ， 耶 和 华 ─ 你 们 的 　 神 必 不 再 将 他 们 从 你 们 眼 前 赶 出 ； 他 们 却 要 成 为 你 们 的 网 罗 、 机 槛 、 肋 上 的 鞭 、 眼 中 的 刺 ， 直 到 你 们 在 耶 和 华 ─ 你 们 　 神 所 赐 的 这 美 地 上 灭 亡 。

Contextual Overview

¹¹ So you must be careful to love the Lord your God. ¹² "If you turn away from the way of the Lord and become friends with these people who are not part of Israel and marry them, ¹³ the Lord your God will not help you defeat your enemies. They will be like traps for you, like whips on your back and thorns in your eyes, and none of you will be left in this good land the Lord your God has given you. ¹⁴ "It's almost time for me to die. You know and fully believe that the Lord has done great things for you. You know that he has not failed to keep any of his promises. ¹⁵ Every good promise that the Lord your God made has come true, and in the same way, his other promises will come true. He promised that evil will come to you and that he will destroy you from this good land that he gave you. ¹⁶ This will happen if you don't keep your agreement with the Lord your God. If you go and serve other gods and worship them, the Lord will become very angry with you. Then none of you will be left in this good land he has given you."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

will no: Exodus 23:33, Numbers 33:55, Deuteronomy 7:16, Judges 2:2, Judges 2:3, Psalms 106:35-39

snares: Deuteronomy 7:16, Judges 2:3, 1 Kings 11:4, Psalms 69:22, 2 Timothy 2:26

until ye perish: Leviticus 26:31-35, Deuteronomy 4:26, Deuteronomy 28:63-68, Deuteronomy 29:28, Deuteronomy 30:18, 2 Kings 17:22, 2 Kings 17:23, 2 Kings 25:21, 2 Kings 25:26, Luke 21:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:18 - Thorns Genesis 6:2 - and they Exodus 10:7 - snare Exodus 34:12 - lest Deuteronomy 7:3 - General Deuteronomy 8:19 - I testify against Deuteronomy 11:17 - ye perish Deuteronomy 20:18 - General Joshua 13:6 - them Joshua 13:13 - expelled Joshua 23:5 - he shall Joshua 23:16 - perish Judges 2:21 - General 1 Kings 11:2 - Ye shall not go in 1 Kings 16:31 - took to wife 2 Kings 17:18 - removed 2 Kings 22:16 - all the words Ezra 9:12 - give not Ezra 10:3 - at the commandment Psalms 80:9 - preparedst Psalms 81:14 - I should Psalms 106:34 - did not Psalms 106:36 - which Proverbs 22:5 - Thorns Jeremiah 11:8 - therefore Ezekiel 28:24 - a pricking Malachi 2:12 - cut Romans 6:12 - Let not

Cross-References

Genesis 23:5
The Hittites answered Abraham,

Genesis 23:8
He said to them, "If you truly want to help me bury my dead wife here, speak to Ephron, the son of Zohar for me.

2 Samuel 24:24
But the king answered Araunah, "No, I will pay you for the land. I won't offer to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for one and one-fourth pounds of silver.

Acts 20:35
I showed you in all things that you should work as I did and help the weak. I taught you to remember the words Jesus said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "

Romans 13:8
Do not owe people anything, except always owe love to each other, because the person who loves others has obeyed all the law.

Colossians 4:5
Be wise in the way you act with people who are not believers, making the most of every opportunity.

Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. God has said, "I will never leave you; I will never abandon you." Deuteronomy 31:6

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out [any] of these nations from before you,.... Or, "knowing ye shall know" r; or "know ye"; this may be taken for granted, or the fullest proof, and clearest demonstration, and strongest assurance will be given of it, that in case of such bad conduct, and disobedience to the will of God, no more of the nations of the Canaanites will be driven out of the cities in which they are:

but they shall be snares and traps unto you; who by their bad examples would draw them both to idolatry and superstitious worship, and into all irreligion, profaneness, and immorality, as they did,

Psalms 106:35;

and scourges in your sides; who either, by ensnaring them, would get an advantage over them, and distress them in their persons, families, and estates; or would be the means of the Lord's correcting and chastising them with the rod and stripes of men, for the iniquities these would draw them into; the allusion is to scourges and lashes laid on the sides of men, or to goads with which beasts are pushed on their sides and driven:

and thorns in your eyes; very troublesome and distressing; for even a mote in the eye is very afflicting: and much more a thorn;

Psalms 106:35- :. Jarchi interprets this word by camps surrounding them, as shields do the bodies of men, and which is approved of by Gussetius s:

until ye perish from off this good land, which the Lord your God hath given you; by sword, famine, pestilence, or captivity, which has been their case.

r ידוע תדעו "sciendo scietis", Montanus; "sciendo scitote", Pagninus, Vatablus. s Comment. Ebr. p. 717.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 23:13. They shall be snares — לפח lephach, a net or gin, set by the artful fowler to catch heedless birds.

And traps — מוקש mokesh, any snare, toil, or trap, placed on the ground to catch the unwary traveller or wild beast by the foot.

Scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes — Nothing can be conceived more vexatious and distressing than a continual goad in the side, or thorn in the eye. They will drive you into obedience to their false gods, and put out the eyes of your understandings by their idolatries. And God will preserve them merely to distress and punish you.