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Judges 3:2

It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before.

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Judges 3:2 — The New International Version (NIV)

(he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):

Judges 3:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

Judges 3:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.

Judges 3:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

(this was only so that the generations of the children of Israel might be taught to know war, at least those who had not formerly known it),

Judges 3:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

(The only reason the Lord left those nations in the land was to teach the descendants of the Israelites who had not fought in those wars how to fight.)

Judges 3:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof:

Judges 3:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

only that the generations of the children of Israel might know war by learning it, at the least those who before had known nothing thereof:

Judges 3:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The Lord left them to teach Israel’s descendants about war, at least those who had known nothing about it in the past.

Judges 3:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

This was to teach the future generations of the Israelites how to fight in battle, especially those who had not fought before.

Judges 3:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

(it was only that successive generations of Israelites might know war, to teach those who had no experience of it before):

Judges 3:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

in order that the generations of Israel would know war, to teach those who had not experienced it before):

Judges 3:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

He wanted to teach the men in Israel who had never been in battle before. He wanted them to learn how to fight.

Judges 3:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

only in order that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught war, those who had not experienced it formerly).


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