Judges 2:22

20 So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,

21 I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.

In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”

23 That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.

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BSB
In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”
KJV
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
WEB
that by them I may test Israel, to see if they will keep the LORD’s way to walk therein, as their fathers kept it, or not.”
ASV
that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
DARBY
that through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep [it], or not.
BLB
in order to test by them Israel, whether they are going to keep the ways of YHWH, to walk in them as their fathers kept [them], or not.”
ÅB
Ved dem skulle Israel prøves, om de ville ta vare på Herrens vei og vandre på den, som deres fedre gjorde, eller ikke.
OTB
Jeg vil bruke disse nasjonene til å prøve Israel og se om de vil holde Herrens vei og vandre i den som deres fedre gjorde."
B1930
Ved dem skulde Israel prøves, om de vilde ta vare på Herrens vei og vandre på den, som deres fedre gjorde, eller ikke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 8:2

    Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:16

    He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

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  • Deuteronomy 13:3

    you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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  • Proverbs 17:3

    A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.

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  • Genesis 22:1

    Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

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  • Judges 3:1–4

    These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

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  • Psalms 66:10

    For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:31

    And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

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