23The Lord therefore left all these nations, and would not quickly destroy them, neither did he deliver them into the hands of Josue.


In Context

20 And the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he said: Behold this nation hath made void my covenant, which I had made with their fathers, and hath despised to hearken to my voice:

21 I also will not destroy the nations which Josue left, when he died:

22 That through them I may try Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord, and walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or not.

23 The Lord therefore left all these nations, and would not quickly destroy them, neither did he deliver them into the hands of Josue.

Judges 2:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:23The LORD had allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out at once by giving them into the hands of Joshua.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:23Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:23So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23So the LORD left those nations, not driving them out at once, and he did not give them into the power of Joshua.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:23So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out speedily, neither did he deliver them into the hand of Joshua.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23And Jehovah leaveth these nations, so as not to dispossess them hastily, and did not give them into the hand of Joshua.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:23Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.