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


In Context

25 So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared the man and his whole family.

26 He then went to the land of the Hittites, where he built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.

27 But Manasseh did not drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor or Ibleam or Megiddo and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that land.

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

29 Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.

30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, who remained among them; but they did subject them to forced labor.

Judges 1:28 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:28When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but 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.