So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered He them into the hand of Joshua.
King James Version (KJV) - Judges 2:23 >Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Berean Study Bible (BSB) - Judges 2:23 >That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.