New Revised Standard Version
The Amorites pressed the Danites back into the hill country; they did not allow them to come down to the plain.

Contemporary English Version
The Amorites were strong enough to keep the tribe of Dan from settling in the valleys, so Dan had to stay in the hill country.

New American Bible
The Amorites hemmed in the Danites in the mountain region, not permitting them to come down onto the plain.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Amorrhite straitened the children of Dan in the mountain, and gave them not a place to go down to the plain:

And the Amorrhite straitened the children of Dan in the mountain, and gave them not a place to go down to the plain:

Judges 18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for unto that day they had not received their lot among the other tribes.

Joshua 19:47 And is terminated there. And the children of Dan went up and fought against Lesem, and took it: and they put it to the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt in it, calling the name of it Lesem Dan, by the name of Dan their father.