Judges 2:3

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”

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1 Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

2 and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

3 So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”

4 When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

5 So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.

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Judges 2:3 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
KJV King James Version: 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.
WEB World English Bible: 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.’”
ASV American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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.'
DBY Darby Translation: Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [scourges] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
WBS Webster Bible: 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 to you.