Judges 2 NKJV NIV Parallel

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1Then the Angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: “I led you up from Egypt and brought you to the land of which I swore to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you.

1The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land I swore to give to your ancestors. I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you,

2And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this?

2and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.' Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?

3Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you; but they shall be thorns in your side, and their gods shall be a snare to you.’ ”

3And I have also said, 'I will not drive them out before you; they will become traps for you, and their gods will become snares to you.'"

4So it was, when the Angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.

4When the angel of the LORD had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,

5Then they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the LORD.

5and they called that place Bokim. There they offered sacrifices to the LORD.

6And when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land.

6After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the land, each to their own inheritance.

7So the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD which He had done for Israel.

7The people served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.

8Now Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died when he was one hundred and ten years old.

8Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten.

9And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.

9And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

10When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the LORD nor the work which He had done for Israel.

10After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel.

11Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals;

11Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals.

12and they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; and they followed other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they bowed down to them; and they provoked the LORD to anger.

12They forsook the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They aroused the LORD's anger

13They forsook the LORD and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

13because they forsook him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

14And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel. So He delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

14In his anger against Israel the LORD gave them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.

15Wherever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for calamity, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed.

15Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the LORD was against them to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.

16Nevertheless, the LORD raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.

16Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders.

17Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they played the harlot with other gods, and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do so.

17Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned from the ways of their ancestors, who had been obedient to the LORD's commands.

18And when the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.

18Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the LORD relented because of their groaning under those who oppressed and afflicted them.

19And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they reverted and behaved more corruptly than their fathers, by following other gods, to serve them and bow down to them. They did not cease from their own doings nor from their stubborn way.

19But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

20Then the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not heeded My voice,

20Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel and said, "Because this nation has violated the covenant I ordained for their ancestors and has not listened to me,

21I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died,

21I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.

22so that through them I may test Israel, whether they will keep the ways of the LORD, to walk in them as their fathers kept them, or not.”

22I will use them to test Israel and see whether they will keep the way of the LORD and walk in it as their ancestors did."

23Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out immediately; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.

23The LORD had allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out at once by giving them into the hands of Joshua.

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