Catholic Public Domain Version
"Therefore, the Lord left all these nations, and he was not willing to quickly overthrow them, nor did he deliver them into the hands of Joshua. "
— Judges 2:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. ”
“So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. ”
“So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.”
“This is why the LORD permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; he did not hand them over to Joshua.”
“The Lord therefore left all these nations, and would not quickly destroy them, neither did he deliver them into the hands of Josue. ”
“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.”
“Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. ”
And the fury of the Lord was enraged against Israel, and he said: “For this people has made void my covenant, which I had formed with their fathers, and they have despised listening to my voice.
And so, I will not destroy the nations that Joshua left behind when he died,
so that, by them, I may test Israel, as to whether or not they will keep the way of the Lord, and walk in it, just as their fathers kept it.”
Therefore, the Lord left all these nations, and he was not willing to quickly overthrow them, nor did he deliver them into the hands of Joshua.