Judges 2:23
“Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driuing them out hastily, neither deliuered he them into the hand of Ioshua.”
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Judges 2:23 Context
21I also will not henceforth driue out any from before them of the nations which Ioshua left when he died: 22That through them I may proue Israel, whether they will keepe the way of the Lord, to walke therein, as their fathers did keepe it, or not. 23Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driuing them out hastily, neither deliuered he them into the hand of Ioshua.
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Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
- King James Version
So the LORD allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So the Lord let those nations go on living in the land, not driving them out quickly, and did not give them up into the hands of Joshua.
- Basic English Bible
Therefore Jehovah left those nations, without dispossessing them hastily, neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
- Darby Bible
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out speedily, neither did he deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
- Webster's Bible
So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
- World English Bible
And Jehovah leaveth these nations, so as not to dispossess them hastily, and did not give them into the hand of Joshua.
- Youngs Literal Bible
So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered He them into the hand of Joshua.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible