22The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.
22And the Lord your God will drive away these nations from you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, otherwise the 7:22 Lit animals of the fieldwild animals would become too numerous for you.
22The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, for the wild beasts would grow too numerous for you.
22The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, for [if you did] the 7:22 Lit beast of the field.wild animals would become too numerous for you.
22The Lord your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
22The Lord your God will drive out those nations to make room for you. But he will do it little by little. You won’t be allowed to get rid of them all at once. If you did, wild animals would multiply all around you.