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.

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;

1 These are the nations that the Lord left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan.

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

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.

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;

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

1 These are the nations the Lord left behind to test all the Israelites who had not experienced any war in Canaan.

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.

1 Now these are the nations that the Lord left to test all those in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan

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,

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.

1 Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan;