EXODUS 23:29

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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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Exodus 23:29 Translation & Meaning

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I will not לֹ֧א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
drive them out אֲגָֽרְשֶׁ֛נּוּ To drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce drive out
from before מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) before
thee in one אֶחָ֑ת Properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first one
year; בְּשָׁנָ֣ה A year (as a revolution of time) year
lest פֶּן Properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest lest
the land הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
become תִּֽהְיֶ֤ה To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) become
desolate, שְׁמָמָ֔ה Devastation; figuratively, astonishment desolate
and the beast חַיַּ֥ת Alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively beast
of the field הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ A field (as flat) field
multiply וְרַבָּ֥ה Abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) multiply
against עָלֶ֖יךָ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications against
thee. עָלֶ֖יךָ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications 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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