Judges 2:23
21 I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
22 In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
- WEB
- So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily. He didn’t deliver them into Joshua’s hand.
- ASV
- So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
- DARBY
- Therefore Jehovah left those nations, without dispossessing them hastily, neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
- BLB
- And YHWH left these nations so as not to dispossess them immediately, and He did not deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
- ÅB
- Så lot da Herren disse folk bli og hastet ikke med å drive dem bort; han gav dem ikke i Josvas hånd.
[^1]: de gråtende.
[^2]: hedningenes avguder. - OTB
- Slik lot Herren disse nasjonene bli værende, uten å fjerne dem raskt; og han overga dem ikke i Josvas hender.
- B1930
- Så lot da Herren disse folk bli og hastet ikke med å drive dem bort; han gav dem ikke i Josvas hånd.