Judges 3:1
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;
3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
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- BSB
- These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, even as many as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
- ASV
- 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;
- DARBY
- And these are the nations that Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, all that had not known all the wars of Canaan;
- BLB
- And these [are] the nations that YHWH left, that He might test by them Israel, all who had not known any of the wars of Canaan,
- ÅB
- Dette er de folk som Herren lot bli for ved dem å prøve Israel, alle de israelitter som ikke selv hadde vært med i noen av Kana'anskrigene,
- OTB
- Dette er de folkeslagene som Herren lot bli igjen for å sette på prøve alle israelittene som ikke hadde opplevd noen av krigene i Kanaan.
- B1930
- Dette er de folk som Herren lot bli for ved dem å prøve Israel, alle de israelitter som ikke selv hadde vært med i nogen av Kana'anskrigene,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 2:21–22
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
Read in contextProverbs 17:3
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 7:22
And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
Read in context1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:16
Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
Read in contextJob 23:10
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:27
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
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