Psalm 106:34
New International Version
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

New Living Translation
Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the LORD had commanded them.

English Standard Version
They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,

Berean Standard Bible
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

King James Bible
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

New King James Version
They did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the LORD had commanded them,

New American Standard Bible
They did not destroy the peoples, As the LORD had commanded them,

NASB 1995
They did not destroy the peoples, As the LORD commanded them,

NASB 1977
They did not destroy the peoples, As the LORD commanded them,

Legacy Standard Bible
They did not destroy the peoples, As Yahweh commanded them,

Amplified Bible
They did not destroy the [pagan] peoples [in Canaan], As the LORD commanded them,

Christian Standard Bible
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them

American Standard Version
They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,

Contemporary English Version
Our LORD, they disobeyed you by refusing to destroy the nations.

English Revised Version
They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They did not destroy the people as the LORD had told them.

Good News Translation
They did not kill the heathen, as the LORD had commanded them to do,

International Standard Version
They never destroyed the people, as the LORD had commanded them.

Majority Standard Bible
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

NET Bible
They did not destroy the nations, as the LORD had commanded them to do.

New Heart English Bible
They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,

Webster's Bible Translation
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

World English Bible
They didn’t destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
They have not destroyed the peoples, "" As YHWH had commanded to them,

Young's Literal Translation
They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them,

Smith's Literal Translation
They did not destroy the peoples which Jehovah said to them.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
They did not destroy the nations, about which the Lord had spoken to them.

New American Bible
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

New Revised Standard Version
They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And they did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they did not destroy the nations of which LORD JEHOVAH had spoken to them.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
They did not destroy the peoples, As the LORD commanded them;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They destroyed not the nations which the Lord told them to destroy;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good
33For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips. 34They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, 35but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.…

Cross References
Judges 2:1-3
Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you, / and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done? / So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”

Deuteronomy 7:1-2
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— / and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

Numbers 33:52-56
you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places. / You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess. / And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers. ...

Joshua 23:12-13
For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

Judges 1:27-33
At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land. / When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely. / Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer. ...

Exodus 23:32-33
You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. / They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

Deuteronomy 20:16-18
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes. / For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you, / so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.

1 Samuel 15:18-19
and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’ / So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”

2 Kings 17:15
They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.

2 Chronicles 36:14-16
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. / Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Nehemiah 9:26-27
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.

Jeremiah 18:15
Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.

Ezekiel 20:18-21
In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols. / I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. / Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ ...

Acts 13:18-19
He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness. / And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.

Romans 1:21-23
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.


Treasury of Scripture

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

did not

Joshua 15:63
As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

Joshua 16:10
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

Joshua 17:12-16
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land…

concerning

Numbers 33:52,55,56
Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: …

Deuteronomy 7:2,16,23,24
And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: …

Deuteronomy 20:16,17
But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: …

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They did not destroy
This phrase highlights a significant act of disobedience by the Israelites. The Hebrew root for "destroy" is "שָׁמַד" (shamad), which means to annihilate or exterminate. In the context of ancient Israel, this command was not merely about physical destruction but about removing the influence of pagan cultures and practices that could lead the Israelites away from their covenant with God. Historically, this failure to fully obey God's command led to the Israelites being influenced by the very cultures they were meant to eradicate, resulting in spiritual and moral decline.

the peoples
The term "peoples" refers to the various Canaanite nations inhabiting the Promised Land. These groups, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, were known for their idolatrous practices and moral corruption. From an archaeological perspective, evidence of these cultures' practices, such as child sacrifice and temple prostitution, underscores the severity of their influence. The Israelites were called to be a holy nation, set apart for God, and the presence of these peoples posed a direct threat to their spiritual purity and mission.

as the LORD had commanded them
This phrase underscores the divine authority behind the command. The Hebrew word for "commanded" is "צָוָה" (tsavah), which implies a direct order or charge. The LORD's commands were not arbitrary but were given for the protection and spiritual well-being of His people. Scripturally, this reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where obedience was a sign of faithfulness and trust in God's wisdom and sovereignty. The failure to follow God's command reveals a lack of faith and understanding of the consequences of disobedience.

(34-39) The national sin after the settlement in Canaan.

Verse 34. - They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them. This is reckoned as another sin. Israel, once comfortably settled in Palestine, with sufficient room for its numbers, did not carry out the Divine command to "destroy," or "cast out," the Canaanitish nations, but was content to share the land with them. "The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem" (Judges 1:21); "neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns; nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns" (Judges 1:27); "neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer" (Judges 1:29); nor "Zebulon the inhabitants of Kitten, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol" (Judges 1:30); "neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho" (Judges 1:31); nor "Naphtali the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath" (Judges 1:33); nor Dan the Amorites, who "would dwell in Mount Heros in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim" (Judges 1:35). It was not compassion that restrained them, but love of ease, idleness, one of the seven deadly sins; and the results were those described in the next verse.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They did not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

destroy
הִ֭שְׁמִידוּ (hiš·mî·ḏū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed

the peoples
הָֽעַמִּ֑ים (hā·‘am·mîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

as
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

had commanded
אָמַ֖ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

them,
לָהֶֽם׃ (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They


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