Judges 2 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 And an Angel of the Lord came vp from Gilgal to Bochim, and sayd, I made you to go vp out of Egypt, and haue brought you vnto the land which I had sworne vnto your fathers, and sayd, I wil neuer breake my couenant with you.
1 Yahweh’s angel came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I brought you out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to give your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you.
2 Ye also shall make no couenant with the inhabitants of this land, but shall breake downe their altars: but ye haue not obeyed my voyce. Why haue ye done this?
2 You shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You shall break down their altars.’ But you have not listened to my voice. Why have you done this?
3 Wherefore, I sayd also, I wil not cast them out before you, but they shalbe as thornes vnto your sides, and their gods shalbe your destruction.
3 Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’”
4 And when the Angel of the Lord spake these wordes vnto all the children of Israel, the people lift vp their voyce, and wept.
4 When Yahweh’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice and wept.
5 Therefore they called the name of that place, Bochim, and offered sacrifices there vnto the Lord.
5 They called the name of that place Bochim, and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.
6 Now when Ioshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went euery man into his inheritance, to possesse the land.
6 Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel each went to his inheritance to possess the land.
7 And the people had serued the Lord al the dayes of Ioshua, and all the dayes of the Elders that outliued Ioshua, which had seene all the great works of the Lord that he did for Israel.
7 The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.
8 But Ioshua the sonne of Nun the seruant of the Lord dyed, when he was an hundreth and ten yeeres olde:
8 Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.
9 And they buryed him in the coastes of his inheritance, in Timnath-heres in mount Ephraim, on the Northside of mount Gaash.
9 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
10 And so all that generation was gathered vnto their fathers, and another generation arose after them, which neither knewe the Lord, nor yet the works, which he had done for Israel.
10 After all that generation were gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who didn’t know Yahweh, nor the work which he had done for Israel.
11 Then the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the Lord, and serued Baalim,
11 The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals.
12 And forsooke ye Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the lande of Egypt, and followed other gods, euen the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed vnto them, and prouoked the Lord to anger.
12 They abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; and they provoked Yahweh to anger.
13 So they forsooke the Lord, and serued Baal, and Ashtaroth.
13 They abandoned Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
14 And the wrath of the Lord was hote against Israel, and he deliuered them into the hands of spoylers, that spoyled them, and he sold them into the handes of their enemies rounde about them, so that they could no longer stande before their enemies.
14 Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
15 Whithersoeuer they went out, the hand of the Lord was sore against them, as ye Lord had sayd, and as the Lord had sworne vnto them: so he punished them sore.
15 Wherever they went out, Yahweh’s hand was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them; and they were very distressed.
16 Notwithstanding, the Lord raysed vp Iudges, which deliuered them out of the hands of their oppressours.
16 Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
17 But yet they would not obey their Iudges: for they went a whoring after other gods, and worshipped them, and turned quickly out of the way, wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandements of the Lord: they did not so.
17 Yet they didn’t listen to their judges; for they prostituted themselves to other gods, and bowed themselves down to them. They quickly turned away from the way in which their fathers walked, obeying Yahweh’s commandments. They didn’t do so.
18 And when the Lord had raysed them vp Iudges, the Lord was with the Iudge, and deliuered them out of the hande of their enemies all the dayes of the Iudge (for the Lord had compassion on their gronings, because of them that oppressed them and tormented them)
18 When Yahweh raised up judges for them, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.
19 Yet when the Iudge was dead, they returned, and did worse then their fathers, in following other gods to serue them and worshippe them: they ceased not from their owne inuentions, nor from their rebellious way.
19 But when the judge was dead, they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers in following other gods to serve them and to bow down to them. They didn’t cease what they were doing, or give up their stubborn ways.
20 Wherfore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sayd, Because this people hath transgressed my couenant, which I commaded their fathers, and hath not obeyed my voyce,
20 Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel; and he said, “Because this nation transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not listened to my voice,
21 Therefore will I no more cast out before them any of the nations, which Ioshua left when he dyed,
21 I also will no longer drive out any of the nations that Joshua left when he died from before them;
22 That through them I may proue Israel, whether they wil keepe the way of the Lord, to walke therein, as their fathers kept it, or not.
22 that by them I may test Israel, to see if they will keep Yahweh’s way to walk therein, as their fathers kept it, or not.”
23 So the Lord left those nations, and droue them not out immediatly, neither deliuered them into the hand of Ioshua.
23 So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily. He didn’t deliver them into Joshua’s hand.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 20:2; Genesis 17:7–8; Exodus 23:20; Leviticus 26:42; Psalm 105:44–45
- 2 Deuteronomy 7:2–4; Jeremiah 2:36; Jeremiah 2:5; Ezra 9:1–3; Deuteronomy 7:16
- 3 Joshua 23:13; Numbers 33:55; Psalm 106:36; Exodus 23:33; Judges 3:6
- 4 2 Corinthians 7:10; James 4:9; Zechariah 12:10; Ezra 10:1; Proverbs 17:10
- 5 Genesis 35:8; 1 Samuel 7:9; Judges 13:19; Joshua 7:26; Judges 6:24
- 6 Joshua 24:28–31; Joshua 22:6
- 7 Philippians 2:12; Joshua 24:31; 2 Kings 12:2; 2 Chronicles 24:14–22; 2 Chronicles 24:2
- 8 Joshua 24:29–30
- 9 Joshua 19:50; Joshua 24:30
- 10 1 Samuel 2:12; Titus 1:16; Exodus 5:2; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Jeremiah 31:34
- 11 Judges 10:6; Judges 4:1; Judges 3:7; Judges 6:1; 1 Kings 18:18
- 12 Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 13:5; Deuteronomy 29:25; Deuteronomy 6:14–15; Deuteronomy 29:18
- 13 Judges 10:6; Psalm 106:36; Judges 3:7; 1 Corinthians 10:20–22; 1 Samuel 31:10
- 14 Psalm 106:40–42; 2 Kings 17:20; Deuteronomy 32:30; Deuteronomy 31:17–18; Judges 4:2
- 15 Joshua 23:15–16; Deuteronomy 28:15–68; Leviticus 26:14–46; Jeremiah 18:8; 1 Samuel 30:6
- 16 Acts 13:20; Psalm 106:43–45; 1 Samuel 12:11; Nehemiah 9:27; Judges 3:15
- 17 Deuteronomy 9:12; Galatians 1:6; Judges 2:7; Hosea 2:2; Revelation 17:1–5
- 18 Deuteronomy 32:36; Joshua 1:5; Exodus 2:24; Psalm 106:44–45; Hosea 11:8
- 19 Judges 8:33; Judges 4:1; Judges 3:11–12; 2 Chronicles 24:17–18; Matthew 23:32
- 20 Judges 2:14; Joshua 23:16; Ezekiel 20:37; Exodus 24:3–8; Judges 3:8
- 21 Joshua 23:13; Judges 2:3; Ezekiel 20:24; Judges 3:3
- 22 Deuteronomy 8:2; Deuteronomy 8:16; Deuteronomy 13:3; Proverbs 17:3; Genesis 22:1
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