Verse Comparison: Exodus 23:29
American Standard Version
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.
Amplified® Bible
I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate [for lack of attention] and the wild beasts multiply against you.
Contemporary English Version
But I won't do all this in the first year, because the land would become poor, and wild animals would be everywhere.
Darby English Version
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year: lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
Good News Bible
I will not drive them out within a year's time; if I did, the land would become deserted, and the wild animals would be too many for you.
King James Version
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
New American Standard Bible
"I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
New International Version
But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.
New King James Version
I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
Revised Standard Version
I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.
Young's Literal Translation
I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;
