Judges 3:1 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Now, these, are the nations which Yahweh left, that he might, by them, put Israel to the proof,––all who had not known any of the wars of Canaan;

²² So will Yahweh thy God, clear away, these nations from before thee, little by little,––thou mayest not consume them, at once, lest the wild beast of the field, should multiply ever thee.

² So then, thou shalt remember all the way in which Yahweh thy God caused thee to journey these forty years in the desert,––that he might humble thee, to put thee to the proof, to know what was in thy heart,––whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.

¹⁶ who fed thee with manna in the desert, which thy fathers had not known,––that he might humble thee, and that he might put thee to the proof, to do thee good in thy hereafter,

¹⁰ All that generation also, were gathered unto their fathers,––and there arose another generation, after them, who had not known Yahweh, nor even the work which he had wrought for Israel.

²¹ I also, will no further dispossess a man from before them,––from among the nations which Joshua left remaining, when he died; ²² that I may, by them, put Israel to the proof,––whether they are going to be observant of the way of Yahweh, to walk therein as their fathers observed it, or not.

³¹ Yet verily, with regard to the ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire concerning the wonderful token which came to pass in the land, God left him,––to prove him, to take note of all that was in his heart.

¹⁰ But, he, knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me, as gold, I shall come forth.

³ Fining–pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.

²⁷ An assayer, have I set thee amongst my people, of gold–ore,––That thou mayest note and try their way:

⁹ Deceitful, is the heart above all things And, dangerously wayward,––Who can know it? ¹⁰ I––Yahweh, Searching the heart, Testing the affections; And giving to every man, According to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

⁹ And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold,––It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, is my God!

²⁴ Jesus himself, however, was not trusting himself unto them, by reason of his understanding them all,

⁷ In order that the proving of your faith––much more precious than of gold that perisheth even though, by means of fire, it is proved––may be found unto praise and glory and honour in the revealing of Jesus Christ,––

¹² Beloved! be not held in surprise by the burning among you, which, for putting you to the proof, is befalling you, as though a, surprising, thing were happening unto you;

²³ and, her children, will I slay with death; ––and all the assemblies shall get to know, that, I, am he that searcheth reins and hearts, and will give unto you, each one, according to your works.