Judges 3:2 — Bible Verse (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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Judges 3:2 in 6 Bible Translations

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Judges 3:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at least those who knew nothing of it before:”

Judges 3:2 — World English Bible

Judges 3:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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 — American Standard Version

Judges 3:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel's knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them) --”

Judges 3:2 — Young's Literal Translation

Judges 3:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“only that the generations of the children of Israel might know war by learning it, at the least those who before had known nothing thereof:”

Judges 3:2 — Darby Translation

Judges 3:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Only to make the generations of the children of Israel to know, and to teach them warre, which doutles their predecessors knew not)”

Judges 3:2 — Geneva Bible

Judges 3:2 in Context — Judges 3

1 Voici les nations que l’Éternel laissa pour éprouver par elles Israël, tous ceux qui n’avaient pas connu toutes les guerres de Canaan.

2 Il voulait seulement que les générations des enfants d’Israël connussent et apprissent la guerre, ceux qui ne l’avaient pas connue auparavant.

3 Ces nations étaient: les cinq princes des Philistins, tous les Cananéens, les Sidoniens, et les Héviens qui habitaient la montagne du Liban, depuis la montagne de Baal-Hermon jusqu’à l’entrée de Hamath.

4 Ces nations servirent à mettre Israël à l’épreuve, afin que l’Éternel sût s’ils obéiraient aux commandements qu’il avait prescrits à leurs pères par Moïse.

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What Does Judges 3:2 Mean?

Judges 3:2 is a verse from the Book of Judges, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Judges chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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