Judges 3:4
Judges 3:1-4 The Message (MSG)
These are the nations that GOD left there, using them to test the Israelites who had no experience in the Canaanite wars. He did it to train the descendants of Israel, the ones who had no battle experience, in the art of war. He left the five Philistine tyrants, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living on Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal Hermon to Hamath’s Pass. They were there to test Israel and see whether they would obey GOD’s commands that were given to their parents through Moses.
Judges 3:4 King James Version (KJV)
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.
Judges 3:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
They were for testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses.
Judges 3:4 New Century Version (NCV)
Those nations were in the land to test the Israelites—to see if they would obey the commands the LORD had given to their ancestors by Moses.
Judges 3:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
And they were left, to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
Judges 3:4 New International Version (NIV)
They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD’s commands, which he had given their ancestors through Moses.
Judges 3:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
And they were left, that He might test Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Judges 3:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
They were [allowed to remain] for the testing of Israel, to determine whether Israel would listen to and obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers (ancestors) through Moses.
Judges 3:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
These people were left to test the Israelites—to see whether they would obey the commands the LORD had given to their ancestors through Moses.