Judges 2:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.”

Young's Literal Translation
And I also have said, I do not cast them out from your presence, and they have been to you for adversaries, and their gods are to you for a snare.’

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
So now
וְגַ֣ם (wə·ḡam)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

I tell you
אָמַ֔רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

that I will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

drive out [these people]
אֲגָרֵ֥שׁ (’ă·ḡā·rêš)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce

before you;
מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑ם (mip·pə·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

they will be [thorns]
וְהָי֤וּ (wə·hā·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

in your
לָכֶם֙ (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

sides,
לְצִדִּ֔ים (lə·ṣid·dîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6654: A side, an adversary

and their gods
וֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם (wê·lō·hê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

will be
יִהְי֥וּ (yih·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a snare
לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃ (lə·mō·w·qêš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4170: A bait or lure, a snare

to you.”
לָכֶ֖ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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