Judges 2:23–3:2

23 The Lord had allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out at once by giving them into the hands of Joshua.

1 These are the nations the Lord left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan 2 (he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):

23 So the Lord left those nations, not driving them out quickly, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua.

1 Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan. 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.

23 Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

1 Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

23 That is why the Lord left those nations in place. He did not quickly drive them out or allow Joshua to conquer them all.

1 These are the nations that the Lord left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan. 2 He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.

23 Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out immediately; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.

1 Now these are the nations which the Lord left, that He might test Israel by them, that is, all who had not known any of the wars in Canaan 2 (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),

23 In the past the Lord had permitted those nations to stay in the land. He did not quickly force them out or help Joshua’s army defeat them.

1 These are the nations the Lord did not force to leave. He wanted to test the Israelites who had not fought in the wars of Canaan. 2 (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.)

23 So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

1 Now these are the nations which Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof:

23 Therefore Jehovah left those nations, without dispossessing them hastily, neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

1 And these are the nations that Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, all that had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 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:

23 So the Lord let these nations stay. He had not handed them over to Joshua or forced them out quickly. 

1 These are the nations the Lord left behind to test all the Israelites who had not experienced any war in Canaan. 2 The Lord left them to teach Israel’s descendants about war, at least those who had known nothing about it in the past.

23 The Lord left these nations and did not drive them out immediately. He did not hand them over to Joshua.

1 These are the nations the Lord left in order to test Israel, since the Israelites had fought none of these in any of the wars with Canaan. 2 This was to teach the future generations of the Israelites how to fight in battle, especially those who had not fought before.

23 the Lord had left those nations, not driving them out at once, and had not handed them over to Joshua.

1 Now these are the nations that the Lord left to test all those in Israel who had no experience of war in Canaan 2 (it was only for successive generations of Israelites, to teach war to those who had no experience of it):

23 So Yahweh left those nations; he did not drive them out at once, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua.

1 These are the nations that Yahweh left, to test Israel by them (that is, to test all those who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan, 2 in order that the generations of Israel would know war, to teach those who had not experienced it before):

23 The Lord had let those nations remain in the land. He didn’t drive them out right away. He didn’t hand them over to Joshua.

1 The Lord left some nations in the land. He left them there in order to put the people of Israel to the test. He did it for all those who hadn’t lived through any of the wars in Canaan. 2 He wanted to teach the men in Israel who had never been in battle before. He wanted them to learn how to fight.