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.β
KJV
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
ASV
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.