KJV King James Version
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;
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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;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
WEB World English Bible
Now these are the nations which Yahweh left, to prove Israel by them, even as many as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
ASV American Standard Version
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;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And these are the nations which Jehovah left, to try Israel by them, all who have not known all the wars of Canaan;
Surrounding context — 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 Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאֵ֤לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseהַגּוֹיִם֙H1471 · goynationאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichהִנִּ֣יחַH5117 · nu.achto restיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְנַסּ֥וֹתH5254 · na.sahto testבָּ֖םH9038 · hemthemאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאֵ֚תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיָדְע֔וּH3045 · ya.dato knowאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallמִלְחֲמ֥וֹתH4421 · mil.cha.mahbattleכְּנָֽעַן׃H3667 · ke.na.anCanaan
Cross-references
Judges 2:21-22I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:Proverbs 17:3The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.Deuteronomy 7:22And 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.1 Peter 4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:Deuteronomy 8:16Who 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;Judges 2:10And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.John 2:24But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all [men],Jeremiah 6:27I have set thee [for] a tower [and] a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.Deuteronomy 8:2And 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.Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.1 Peter 1:7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:Revelation 2:23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.Jeremiah 17:9-10The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?2 Chronicles 32:31Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was [done] in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all [that was] in his heart.
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