Judges 2:22
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That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”
In other translations
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”
Hebrew words
לְמַעַןlema'anso asH4616נַסּוֹתnasotto put to [the] testH5254בָּםbamby <the> themאֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478הֲשֹׁמְרִיםhashomerim¿ [be] keepingH8104הֵםhem[will] theyH1992אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853דֶּרֶךְderekh[the] way ofH1870יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לָלֶכֶתlalekhetby walkingH1980בָּםbamin <the> themכַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834שָׁמְרוּshameruthey kept [it]H8104אֲבוֹתָם'avotamancestors theirH1אִם־'im-or?H518לֹא׃lo'notH3808
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
- Deuteronomy 8:16Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
- Deuteronomy 13:3Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Proverbs 17:3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
- Genesis 22:1And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
- Judges 3:1-41 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; 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; 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. 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.1 These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan, 2 if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly: 3 the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath. 4 These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.
- Psalm 66:10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
- Malachi 3:2-32 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.2 But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. 3 And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
- Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- 2 Chronicles 32:31Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
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