Judges 3:2
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 in other translations
| BSB | if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly: |
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| WEB | only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at least those who knew nothing of it before: |
| 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: |
| YLT | (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) -- |
| DARBY | 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: |
| BBE | Only because of the generations of the children of Israel, for the purpose of teaching them war--only those who up till then had no experience of it; |
| Webster | Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it;) |
What does Judges 3:2 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 3:1-7
As the Israelites were a type of the church on earth, they were not to be idle and slothful. The Lord was pleased to try them by the remains of the devoted nations they spared. Temptations and trials detect the wickedness of the hearts of sinners; and strengthen he graces of believers in their daily conflict with Satan, sin, and this evil world. They must live in this world, but they are not of it, and are forbidden…
Judges 3:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 3:2
- 2 Timothy 2:3
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
- Genesis 3:5
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
- Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
- 2 Chronicles 12:8
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
- 1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
- Matthew 10:34-39
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. …
- 1 Corinthians 9:26-27
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
- John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
- Ephesians 6:11-18
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; …
- 2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 2:17; 3:5,7; 2Ch 12:8; Mt 10:34-39; Joh 16:33; 1Co 9:26,27
Eph 6:11-18; 1Ti 6:12; 2Ti 2:3; 4:7
to teach.Their fathers fought by a divine power. God taught their hands to war and their fingers to fight, that they might be the instruments of destruction to the wicked nations on whom the curse rested; but now that they had forfeited His favour, they must learn what it is to fight like other men.
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Context
- Judges 3:1
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;
- Judges 3:2
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 3:3
Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal–hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
Judges 3:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Para que al menos el linaje de los hijos de Israel conociese, para enseñarlos en la guerra, siquiera fuese á los que antes no la habían conocido: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et cela seulement afin que les générations des fils d’Israël connaissent, en l’apprenant, ce que c’est que la guerre, ceux du moins qui auparavant n’en avaient rien connu: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | nur damit die Geschlechter der Kinder Israel Kenntnis von denselben bekämen, um sie den Krieg zu lehren: nur die, welche vordem nichts von denselben gewußt hatten: - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ut postea discerent filii eorum certare cum hostibus, et habere consuetudinem præliandi: |