Judges 2:23
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.In other versions
So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
ASV
So the Lord let those nations go on living in the land, not driving them out quickly, and did not give them up into the hands of Joshua.
BBE
So the LORD left those nations, not driving them out at once, and he did not give them into the power of Joshua.
DBY
So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
WEB
And Jehovah leaveth these nations, so as not to dispossess them hastily, and did not give them into the hand of Joshua.
YLT
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
ENG
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out speedily, neither did he deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
WBT
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.
BSB
In context
21I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
22That 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.
23Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
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