28When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.


In Context

25 And he showed them the way into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go.

26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and called its name Luz; that is its name to this day.

27 Manas'seh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-she'an and its villages, or Ta'a-nach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megid'do and its villages; but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land.

28 When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.

29 And E'phraim did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

30 Zeb'ulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Na'halol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to forced labor.

Judges 1:28 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:28When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:28And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:28But after Israel was grown strong he made them tributaries, and would not destroy them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:28And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:28And it came to pass, when Israel was waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:28And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that they subjected the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly expel them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:28It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:28and it cometh to pass, when Israel hath been strong, that he setteth the Canaanite to tribute, and hath not utterly dispossessed it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:28And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.