I will not drive them out ahead of you in a single year; otherwise, the land would become desolate, and wild animals would multiply against you.

我不在一年之内将他们从你面前撵出去，恐怕地成为荒凉，野地的兽多起来害你。

我不在一年之内把他们从你面前赶出去，恐怕地会荒废，野地的走兽增多危害你。

我不在一年之内把他们从你面前赶出去，恐怕地会荒废，野地的走兽增多危害你。

我不会在一年之内把这些人全部赶走，免得土地荒凉，野兽肆虐。

我不在一年之内把他们从你面前驱逐出去，恐怕这地变为荒凉，又恐怕田野间的走兽多起来害你。

我不在一年之內將他們從你面前攆出去，恐怕地成為荒涼，野地的獸多起來害你。

我不在一年之內把他們從你面前趕出去，恐怕地會荒廢，野地的走獸增多危害你。

我不在一年之內把他們從你面前趕出去，恐怕地會荒廢，野地的走獸增多危害你。

我不會在一年之內把這些人全部趕走，免得土地荒涼，野獸肆虐。

我不在一年之內把他們從你面前驅逐出去，恐怕這地變為荒涼，又恐怕田野間的走獸多起來害你。

我不在一年之內就把他們從你面前趕出去，恐怕這地荒涼，野地的獸多起來來害你。

惟一年中、不盡逐之、免土地荒蕪、野獸孳生而害爾、

一年中我不逐之盡、免土地荒蕪、野獸孳生。

惟不盡逐之在一年之內、恐土地荒蕪、野獸眾多以害爾、

But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.

But I will not drive them out in just one year. If I did, the land would be deserted. There would be too many wild animals for you.

I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.

But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals would multiply and threaten you.

I will not drive them out from you in a single year, so that the land will not become desolate and the animals of the field become too numerous for you.

I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.

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.

I will not drive them out ahead of you in a single year; otherwise, the land would become desolate, and wild animals would multiply against you.

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.

I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you.

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.

The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once; otherwise, the wild animals will become too numerous for you.

These are the nations the LORD left in order to test all those in Israel who had experienced none of the wars in Canaan.This was to teach the future generations of the Israelites how to fight in battle, especially those who had not fought before.These nations included the five rulers of the Philistines and all of the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the Lebanese mountains from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.The LORD left them to test Israel, to determine if they would keep the LORD’s commands he had given their ancestors through Moses.

The descendants of Manasseh could not possess these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they imposed forced labor on the Canaanites but did not drive them out completely.

But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. So the Jebusites still live in Jerusalem among the descendants of Judah today.

However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today, but they are forced laborers.