1Now 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;


In Context

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 dwelled in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon to the entering in of Hamath.

Judges 3:1 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:1These are the nations the LORD left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:1Now 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;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:1These are the nations which the Lord left, that by them he might instruct Israel, and all that had not known the wars of the Chanaanites:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:1Now 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;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:1Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:1Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:1Now 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;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:1Now these are the nations which Yahweh left, to prove Israel by them, even as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:1And these are the nations which Jehovah left, to try Israel by them, all who have not known all the wars of Canaan;