Judges 2:23 - New Revised Standard Version

the Lord had left those nations, not driving them out at once, and had not handed them over to Joshua.

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

So the Lord left those nations, without driving them out at once, nor had He delivered them into Joshua's power.

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

the LORD left these nations instead of driving them out immediately or handing them over to Joshua.

Therefore, the Lord left all these nations, and he was not willing to quickly overthrow them, nor did he deliver them into the hands of Joshua.

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

In order to test Israel, whether or not they would take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their ancestors did,

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

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