Verse | Translation | Text |
Ex 23:29 | Strong Concordance | I will not drive them out [01644] from before [06440] thee in one [0259] year [08141]; lest the land [0776] become desolate [08077], and the beast [02416] of the field [07704] multiply [07227] against thee. |
King James | 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. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
I will not drive . . . out . . . in one year; lest the land become desolate--Many reasons recommend a gradual extirpation of the former inhabitants of Canaan. But only one is here specified--the danger lest, in the unoccupied grounds, wild beasts should inconveniently multiply; a clear proof that the promised land was more than sufficient to contain the actual population of the Israelites. |