Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would persist to dwell in that land.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Holman Bible
The descendants of Manasseh could not possess these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
International Standard Version
The descendants of Manasseh did not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites predominated in that territory.
A Conservative Version
Yet the sons of Manasseh could not drive out those cities, but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
American Standard Version
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Amplified
But the sons of Manasseh were not able to [drive out the inhabitants and] take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
But the children of Manasseh could not dispossess the inhabitants of those cities; and the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Julia Smith Translation
And the sons of Manasseh will not be able to dispossess these cities; and the Canaanite will dwell in that land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But the descendants of Manasseh were not able to take possession of these towns; the Canaanites were determined to live in this land.
Modern King James verseion
Yet the sons of Manasseh were not able to occupy these cities, but the Canaanites wanted to live in that land.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
yet the children of Manasseh could not overcome those cities, but the Cananites began to dwell in the same land.
NET Bible
But the men of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.
New Heart English Bible
Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
The Emphasized Bible
The sons of Manasseh, however, could not dispossess these cities, - but the Canaanites were determined to remain in this land;
Webster
Yet the children of Manasseh could not expel the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
World English Bible
Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the sons of Manasseh have not been able to occupy these cities, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in this land,
Interlinear
Yarash
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 17:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
West Manasseh's Inheritance
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of Endor and its villages, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages, even three regions. 12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would persist to dwell in that land. 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel grew strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but did not utterly drive them out.
Cross References
Judges 1:27-28
Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Exodus 23:29-33
I will not drive them out from before you in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against you.
Numbers 33:52-56
Then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their engraved stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:
Joshua 15:63
As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
Joshua 16:10
And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under forced labor.
Romans 6:12-14
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.