Joshua 17:12 Parallel Translations

But Manasseh was not able to take possession of these cities since the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

ASV:

Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

BBE:

But the children of Manasseh were not able to make the people of those towns go out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.

DBY:

But the children of Manasseh could not dispossess the inhabitants of those cities; and the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

ERV:

Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

JPS:

Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites were resolved to dwell in that land.

WBS:

Yet the children of Manasseh could not expel the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

WEB:

Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

YLT:

And the sons of Manasseh have not been able to occupy these cities, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in this land,

Joshua 17:12 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 1:27 But Manasseh did not take possession of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; so the Canaanites persisted in living in that land. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

17:12 Yet the children of Manasseh {g} could not drive out [the inhabitants of] those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
(g) For at first they lacked courage, and later agreed with them on condition, contrary to God's commandment.

MHC:

17:7-13 There was great communication between Manasseh and Ephraim. Though each tribe had its inheritance, yet they should intermix one with another, to do good offices one to another, as became those, who, though of different tribes, were all one Israel, and were bound to love as brethren. But they suffered the Canaanites to live among them, against the command of God, to serve their own ends.

CONC:

Able Canaanite Canaanites Cities Couldn't Desirous Determined Dispossess Drive Dwell Dwelling Expel Inhabitants Manasseh Manas'seh Manassites Occupy Persisted Possession Region Resolved Sons Towns Yet

Able Canaanite Canaanites Children Cities Couldn't Desirous Determined Dispossess Drive Dwell Dwelling Expel Inhabitants Live Manasseh Manas'seh Manassites Occupy Persisted Possession Resolved Towns

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