Judges 3:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;”
Judges 3:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 3:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 3:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at least those who knew nothing of it before:”
Judges 3:2 — World English Bible
Judges 3:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof: ”
Judges 3:2 — American Standard Version
Judges 3:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel's knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them) --”
Judges 3:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 3:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“only that the generations of the children of Israel might know war by learning it, at the least those who before had known nothing thereof: ”
Judges 3:2 — Darby Translation
Judges 3:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Only to make the generations of the children of Israel to know, and to teach them warre, which doutles their predecessors knew not)”
Judges 3:2 — Geneva Bible
Judges 3:2 in Context — Judges 3
1 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;
2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal–hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
What Does Judges 3:2 Mean?
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