Judges 2:22 (GNV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Judges 2:20 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,

Judges 2:21 Therefore will I no more cast out before them any of the nations, which Ioshua left when he dyed,

Judges 2:22 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.

Judges 2:23 So the Lord left those nations, and droue them not out immediatly, neither deliuered them into the hand of Ioshua.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "through", "proue", "israel", "whether", "keepe", "lord", "walke", and "therein". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "through" and "proue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "Therefore will I no more cast out..." into verse 23's "So the Lord left those nations and...", so "through" and "proue" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "through" and "proue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.