Hakim-hakim 2:23

2:23 This is why ¹  the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; ²  he did not hand them over to Joshua.

Hakim-hakim 11:23

11:23 Since ³  the Lord God of Israel has driven out ⁴  the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them? ⁵ 

[2:23]  ¹ tn The words “this is why” are interpretive.

[2:23]  ² tn Or “quickly.”

[11:23]  ³ tn Heb “Now.”

[11:23]  ⁴ tn Or “dispossessed.”

[11:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “will you dispossess him [i.e., Israel; or possibly “it,” i.e., the territory]?” There is no interrogative marker in the Hebrew text.