Verse Comparison: Judges 3:4
American Standard Version
And they were `left', to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
Amplified® Bible
They were for the testing {and} proving of Israel to know whether Israel would listen {and} obey the commandments of the Lord, which He commanded their fathers by Moses.
Contemporary English Version
Moses had told the Israelites what the LORD had commanded them to do, and now the LORD was using these nations to find out if Israel would obey.
Darby English Version
They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
Good News Bible
They were to be a test for Israel, to find out whether or not the Israelites would obey the commands that the LORD had given their ancestors through Moses.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
They were for testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses.
New International Version
They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD's commands, which he had given their forefathers through Moses.
New King James Version
And they were left, that He might test Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
They had the purpose of testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses.
Revised Standard Version
They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
Young's Literal Translation
and they are to prove Israel by them, to know whether they obey the commands of Jehovah that He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.