Judges 3:1
Judges 3:1 New Living Translation (NLT)
These are the nations that the LORD left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan.
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 3:1 King James Version (KJV)
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
Judges 3:1 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan
Judges 3:1 New Century Version (NCV)
These are the nations the LORD did not force to leave. He wanted to test the Israelites who had not fought in the wars of Canaan.
Judges 3:1 American Standard Version (ASV)
Now these are the nations which Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan
Judges 3:1 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
These are the nations the LORD left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan
Judges 3:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, that He might test Israel by them, that is, all who had not known any of the wars in Canaan
Judges 3:1 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Now these are the nations which the LORD left [in order] to test Israel by them (that is, all [the people of Israel] who had not [previously] experienced any of the wars in Canaan