¶ 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;
Now these are the nations {H1471} which the LORD {H3068} left {H3240}, to prove {H5254} Israel {H3478} by them, even as many of Israel as had not known {H3045} all the wars {H4421} of Canaan {H3667};
These are the nations which ADONAI allowed to remain, in order to put to the test all the people of Isra'el who had not known any of the wars with Kena'an.
These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
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;
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Judges 2:21
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: -
Judges 2:22
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. -
Proverbs 17:3
¶ The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. -
Deuteronomy 7:22
And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. -
Job 23:10
But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. -
Judges 2:10
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. -
Deuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.