• Joshua 23:13
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 13 you should know for sure that Jehovah your God will not continue to drive out* these nations for you.+ They will become a trap and a snare and a scourge on your flanks+ and thorns in your eyes until you have perished from this good land that Jehovah your God has given you.

  • Joshua 23:13
    The Bible in Living English

    • 13 you are to know positively that your God Jehovah will do no more of dispossessing these nations from before you, and they will become to you a trap and a snare, and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you perish off this good soil your God Jehovah has given you.

  • Joshua 23:13
    American Standard Version

    • 13 know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

  • Joshua 23:13
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 13 know that Yahweh your God will no further drive out these nations from before you,—but they will become unto you a snare and a hook and a goad in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until ye have perished from off this goodly soil, which Yahweh your God hath given unto you.