Judges 3:2
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 3:2 King James Version (KJV)
only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof
Judges 3:2 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
only in order that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught war, those who had not experienced it formerly).
Judges 3:2 New Century Version (NCV)
(The only reason the LORD left those nations in the land was to teach the descendants of the Israelites who had not fought in those wars how to fight.)
Judges 3:2 American Standard Version (ASV)
only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof
Judges 3:2 New International Version (NIV)
(he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience)
Judges 3:2 New King James Version (NKJV)
(this was only so that the generations of the children of Israel might be taught to know war, at least those who had not formerly known it)
Judges 3:2 Amplified Bible (AMP)
only in order that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught war, at least those who had not experienced it previously).
Judges 3:2 New Living Translation (NLT)
He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.