Judges 2:23
King James Version (KJV)
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
In context
21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Judges 2:23 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
- WEB World English Bible
- So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily. He didn’t deliver them into Joshua’s hand.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Jehovah leaveth these nations, so as not to dispossess them hastily, and did not give them into the hand of Joshua.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Therefore Jehovah left those nations, without dispossessing them hastily, neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out speedily, neither did he deliver them into the hand of Joshua.