Judges 3:1 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

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;

English Amplified

NOW THESE are the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not previously experienced war in Canaan;

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

NOW THESE are the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not previously experienced war in Canaan;

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

These are the nations that the Lord left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

These are the nations the LORD left in order to test all those in Israel who had experienced none of the wars in Canaan.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And these are the nations that Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, all that had not known all the wars of Canaan;

English EASY 2024

The Lord allowed some nations to stay in Canaan. He would use them to test the Israelites who had not yet fought wars in Canaan.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The Lord did not force all the other nations to leave Israel's land. He wanted to test the Israelites. None of the Israelites living at this time had fought in the wars to take the land of Canaan. So the Lord let those other nations stay in their country. (The Lord did this to teach the Israelites who had not fought in those wars.) Here are the names of the nations the Lord left in the land:

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

Now these are the nations that the LORD left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

So then, the Lord left some nations in the land to test the Israelites who had not been through the wars in Canaan.

English God's Word - GW 1995

These are the nations the Lord left behind to test all the Israelites who had not experienced any war in Canaan.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

These are the nations the LORD left in order to test Israel, since none of these Israelites had fought in any of the wars with Canaan.

English KJV 1611

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;

Now these are the nations which Yahweh allowed to remain, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not known any of the wars of Canaan;

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Now these are the nations that the Lord left to test those in Israel who had not experienced war in Canaan

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan;

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

The following are the nations which the LORD allowed to remain, so that through them he might try all those Israelites who had no experience of the battles with Canaan

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

These were the nations the LORD permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel — he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The Lord left some nations in the land. He left them there in order to put the people of Israel to the test. He did it for all those who hadn't lived through any of the wars in Canaan.

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

English NKJ 1982

Now these are the nations which the Lord left, that He might test Israel by them, that is, all who had not known any of the wars in Canaan

The LORD left certain nations in the land to test those Israelites who had not participated in the wars of Canaan.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Now these are the nations that the LORD left to test all those in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Here is a list of the nations that Yahweh permitted to remain in the land so he could use them to test the Israelites who had not known what it was like during the Canaanite wars.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Now 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;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Here is a list of the nations the Lord left in the land to test the new generation of Israel who had not experienced the wars of Canaan.

English Tyndale 1537

These are the nations which the LORD left to tempt Israel: even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan: