Joshua 17:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.”
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“However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and it cometh to pass when the sons of Israel have been strong, that they put the Canaanite to tribute, and have not utterly dispossessed him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 17:13 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 20:11If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
- Joshua 16:10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
- Judges 1:28When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
- Judges 1:30Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.
- Judges 1:33Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.
- Judges 1:35And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.
- 2 Samuel 3:1Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
- 2 Chronicles 8:7As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
- 2 Chronicles 8:8their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
- Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
- Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- 2 Peter 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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