Exodus 23:29

King James Version (KJV)

I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

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27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

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Exodus 23:29 in every translation

KJV King James Version: I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
WEB World English Bible: I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
ASV American Standard Version: I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;
DBY Darby Translation: I will not drive them out from before thee in one year: lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
WBS Webster Bible: I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land should become desolate, and the beast of the field should multiply against thee.