Shìshījì 2:21

21 Suǒyǐ Yuēshūyà sǐ de shíhou suǒ shèngxia de gè zú , wǒ bì bú zaì cóng tāmen miànqián gǎn chū ,

Shìshījì 2:21 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 2:21

I also henceforth will not drive out and from before them,
&c.] At least not as yet, not very soon nor hastily, as in ( Judges 2:23 ) ;

of the nations which Joshua left when he died;
that is, unsubdued; which was owing either to the infirmities of old age coming upon him, which made him incapable of engaging further in war with the Canaanites; or to the sloth and indolence of the people, being weary of war, and not caring to prosecute it; or to want of men to cultivate any more land, and people other cities, than what they were possessed of; and chiefly this was owing to the providence of God, who had an end to answer hereby, as follows.

Shìshījì 2:21 In-Context

19 Jízhì shì shī sǐ hòu , tāmen jiù zhuǎn qù xíng è , bǐ tāmen lièzǔ gèng shén , qù shìfèng kòu baì bié shén , zǒng bú duàn jué wán gĕng de è xíng .

20 Yúshì Yēhéhuá de nùqì xiàng Yǐsèliè rén fā zuò . tā shuō , yīn zhè mín wéibeì wǒ fēnfu tāmen lièzǔ suǒ shǒu de yuē , bù tīng cóng wǒde huà ,

21 Suǒyǐ Yuēshūyà sǐ de shíhou suǒ shèngxia de gè zú , wǒ bì bú zaì cóng tāmen miànqián gǎn chū ,

22 Wéi yào jiè cǐ shìyàn Yǐsèliè rén , kàn tāmen kĕn zhào tāmen lièzǔ jǐn shǒu zūnxíng wǒde dào bù kĕn .

23 Zhèyàng Yēhéhuá liú xià gè zú , bú jiāng tāmen sù sù gǎn chū , yĕ méiyǒu jiāofù Yuēshūyà de shǒu .