Judges 2:23
Good News Translation
So the LORD allowed these nations to remain in the land; he did not give Joshua victory over them, nor did he drive them out soon after Joshua's death.

New Revised Standard Version
the LORD had left those nations, not driving them out at once, and had not handed them over to Joshua.

Contemporary English Version
That's why the LORD had not let Joshua get rid of those enemy nations all at once.

New American Bible
Therefore the LORD allowed these nations to remain instead of expelling them immediately. He had not delivered them into the power of Joshua.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord therefore left all these nations, and would not quickly destroy them, neither did he deliver them into the hands of Josue.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord therefore left all these nations, and would not quickly destroy them, neither did he deliver them into the hands of Josue.

left or suffered

Context
Judges Raised Up
22That through them I may try Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord, and walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or not. 23The Lord therefore left all these nations, and would not quickly destroy them, neither did he deliver them into the hands of Josue.
Cross References
Judges 2:22
That through them I may try Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord, and walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or not.

Judges 3:1
These are the nations which the Lord left, that by them he might instruct Israel, and all that had not known the wars of the Chanaanites:

Judges 2:22
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