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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Joshua 17:13

However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaanites;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Manasseh, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Foreigner;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lord;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Joshua;   Manasseh;   Taanach;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Canaanites, the ;   Tribute;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Manasseh;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adoniram;   Ephraim (1);   Tax;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Confiscation and Forfeiture;   Megiddo;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they imposed forced labor on the Canaanites but did not drive them out completely.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened, when the children of Yisra'el had grown strong, that they put the Kana`anim to forced labor, and didn't utterly drive them out.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
And it happened, when the Israelites grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor but never drove them out completely.
English Standard Version
Now when the people of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.
New Century Version
When the Israelites grew strong, they forced the Canaanites to work for them, although they did not force them to leave the land.
New English Translation
Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.
Amplified Bible
When the Israelites became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.
New American Standard Bible
And it came about when the sons of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Neuerthelesse, when the children of Israel were strong, they put the Canaanites vnder tribute, but cast them not out wholy.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that when the sons of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not dispossess them completely.
Contemporary English Version
When the Israelites grew stronger, they made the Canaanites in these towns work as their slaves, though they never did force them to leave.
Complete Jewish Bible
After the people of Isra'el had become strong, they made the Kena‘ani do heavy labor but didn't completely drive them out.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass when the children of Israel were become strong, that they made the Canaanites tributary; but they did not utterly dispossess them.
Easy-to-Read Version
But the Israelites grew strong. When this happened, they forced the Canaanites to work for them. But they did not force them to leave that land.
George Lamsa Translation
But when the children of Israel became strong, they subdued the Canaanites and made them pay tribute; but did not utterly destroy them.
Good News Translation
Even when the Israelites became stronger, they did not drive out all the Canaanites, but they did force them to work for them.
Literal Translation
And it happened, when the sons of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not completely dispossess them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Howbeit whan the children of Israel were able, they made the Cananites tributaries, and droue them not out.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.
Bible in Basic English
And when the children of Israel had become strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, in place of driving them out.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neuerthelesse, assoone as the children of Israel were waxed strong, they put the Chanaanites vnder tribute, but expelled them not.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, but did not utterly drive them out.
King James Version (1611)
Yet it came to passe when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute: but did not vtterly driue them out.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass that when the children of Israel were strong, they made the Chananites subject, but they did not utterly destroy them.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli aftir that the sones of Israel weren stronge, thei maden suget Cananeis, and maden tributaries to hem silf, and killiden not Cananeis.
Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass when the sons of Israel have been strong, that they put the Canaanite to tribute, and have not utterly dispossessed him.
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, when the sons of Israel were waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to slave labor, and did not completely drive them out.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel had become strong, that they subjected the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly expel them.
World English Bible
It happened, when the children of Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn't utterly drive them out.
New King James Version
And it happened, when the children of Israel grew strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.
New Living Translation
Later, however, when the Israelites became strong enough, they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves. But they did not drive them out of the land.
New Life Bible
When the people of Israel became strong, they made the Canaanites work for them. But they did not drive all of them out.
New Revised Standard
But when the Israelites grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, when the sons of Israel had waxed strong, they put the Canaanites under tribute, - though they, dispossessed, them not.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But after that the children of Israel were grown strong, they subdued the Chanaanites, and made them their tributaries, and they did not kill them.
Revised Standard Version
But when the people of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
It came about when the sons of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.

Contextual Overview

7Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 8The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim. 9From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea. 10Ephraim's territory was to the south, and Manasseh's was to the north, having the Sea as its border and adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east. 11Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements. 12But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land. 13However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

waxen strong: Judges 1:28, 2 Samuel 3:1, Ephesians 6:10, Philippians 4:13, 2 Peter 3:18

put the: Joshua 16:10, Deuteronomy 20:11-18, Judges 1:30, Judges 1:33, Judges 1:35, 2 Chronicles 8:7, 2 Chronicles 8:8

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:29 - in one year

Cross-References

Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
Genesis 15:3
Abram continued, "Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir."
Genesis 37:27
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh." And they agreed.
Genesis 37:36
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
Genesis 39:1
Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
Exodus 12:44
But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.
Exodus 21:2
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
Exodus 21:4
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
Exodus 21:16
Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
Nehemiah 5:5
We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong,.... Increased in numbers, and became superior to the Canaanites, not only those of the tribe of Manasseh, but of the other tribes also:

that they put the Canaanites to tribute; they did not take away their lives, as they were commanded to do, but made them tributaries to them, which seems to arise from a covetous disposition, and done for the sake of gain:

but did not utterly drive them out; which they were ordered to do, and could now have done; for if they were able to make them pay tribute to them, they had power sufficient to drive them out, or destroy them, and therefore broke the commandment of God, Deuteronomy 7:1.


 
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