NLT
KJV
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;
ASV
2. only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof:
ESV
2. It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before.
ERVEN
2.
WEB
2. 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:
NET
2. He left those nations simply because he wanted to teach the subsequent generations of Israelites, who had not experienced the earlier battles, how to conduct holy war.
NLV
2. So the children of the people of Israel who had not fought in wars might be taught about war.
HCSB
2. This was to teach the future generations of the Israelites [how to fight in] battle, especially those who had not fought before.
YLT
2. (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) --
LITV
2. only that the generations of the sons of Israel might know, to teach them war, only those who did not before know them:
RV
2. only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof;
NCV
2. (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.)
MKJV
2. only that the generations of the sons of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least those who before knew nothing of it:
AKJV
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;
LXXEN
2. Only for the sake of the generations of Israel, to teach them war, only the men before them knew them not.
KJV
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;
AMP
2. It was only that the generations of the Israelites might know and be taught war, at least those who previously knew nothing of it.
KJVP
2. Only H7535 ADV that H4616 L-CONJ the generations H1755 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 might know H3045 , to teach H3925 them war H4421 NFS , at the least H7535 ADV such as H834 RPRO before H6440 L-NMP knew H3045 nothing H3808 NADV thereof ;
YLT
2. (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) --
ASV
2. only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof:
WEB
2. 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:
NASB
2. training them in battle, those generations only of the Israelites who would not have had that previous experience):
ESV
2. It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before.
RV
2. only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof;
RSV
2. it was only that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, that he might teach war to such at least as had not known it before.
NKJV
2. ([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),
MKJV
2. only that the generations of the sons of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least those who before knew nothing of it:
AKJV
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;
NRSV
2. (it was only that successive generations of Israelites might know war, to teach those who had no experience of it before):
NIV
2. (he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):
NIRV
2. He wanted to teach the men in Israel who had never been in battle before. He wanted them to learn how to fight.
NLT
2. He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.
MSG
2. He did it to train the descendants of Israel, the ones who had no battle experience, in the art of war.
GNB
2. He did this only in order to teach each generation of Israelites about war, especially those who had never been in battle before.
NET
2. He left those nations simply because he wanted to teach the subsequent generations of Israelites, who had not experienced the earlier battles, how to conduct holy war.
ERVEN
2.