12Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.


In Context

9 The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook. These cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and ended at the sea.

10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border. They reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.

11 Manasseh had three heights in Issachar, in Asher Beth Shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns.

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

13 It happened, when the children of Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn't utterly drive them out.

14 The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, |Why have you given me just one lot and one part for an inheritance, since I am a great people, because Yahweh has blessed me so far?|

Joshua 17:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:12Yet the Manassites were not able to occupy these towns, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that region.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out [the inhabitants of] those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:12Neither could the children of Manasses overthrow these cities, but the Chanaanite began to dwell in his land.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:12But the children of Manasseh could not dispossess the inhabitants of those cities; and the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:12Yet the children of Manasseh could not expel the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:12And the sons of Manasseh have not been able to occupy these cities, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in this land,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.