Judges 2:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Judges 2:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Judges 2:23 in 6 Bible Translations

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Judges 2:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily. He didn’t deliver them into Joshua’s hand.”

Judges 2:23 — World English Bible

Judges 2:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Judges 2:23 — American Standard Version

Judges 2:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Judges 2:23 — Young's Literal Translation

Judges 2:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Therefore Jehovah left those nations, without dispossessing them hastily, neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. ”

Judges 2:23 — Darby Translation

Judges 2:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So the Lord left those nations, and droue them not out immediatly, neither deliuered them into the hand of Ioshua. ”

Judges 2:23 — Geneva Bible

Judges 2:23 in Context — Judges 2

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.

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What Does Judges 2:23 Mean?

Judges 2:23 is a verse from the Book of Judges, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Judges chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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