Catholic Public Domain Version
"Then, after Israel had grown strong, he made them tributaries, but he was not willing to destroy them. "
— Judges 1:28, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.”
“And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out. ”
“It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.”
“Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.”
“But after Israel was grown strong, he made them tributaries, and would not destroy them.”
“And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely.”
“And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.”
And when he had revealed it to them, they struck the city with the edge of the sword. But that man, and all his relatives, they released.
And having been sent away, he went out to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city there, and he called it Luz. And so it is called, even to the present day.
Likewise, Manasseh did not destroy Bethshean and Taanach, with their villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor and Ibleam and Megiddo, with their villages. And the Canaanite began to live with them.
Then, after Israel had grown strong, he made them tributaries, but he was not willing to destroy them.
And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite, who was living at Gezer; instead, he lived with him.
Zebulun did not wipe out the inhabitants of Kitron and of Nahalal. Instead, the Canaanite lived in their midst and became their tributary.
Likewise, Asher did not destroy the inhabitants of Acco and Sidon, Ahlab and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob.