Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 did not utterly drive them out.
Cross References
Judges 1:27-28
Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; 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 animals of the field multiply against you.
Numbers 33:52-56
then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their stone idols, 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 couldn't drive them out; but the Jebusites live with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
Joshua 16:10
They did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do forced labor.
Romans 6:12-14
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.