King James Version
Exodus 23:29 in the King James Version says “I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multip...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Exodus 23:29 · KJV
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. backs: Heb. neck
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
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.
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“I will not drive them out”
H1644to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
“from before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and the beast”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
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