ASV: only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof:
BBE: Only because of the generations of the children of Israel, for the purpose of teaching them war--only those who up till then had no experience of it;
DBY: it was only that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, that he might teach war to such at least as had not known it before.
KJV: Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
JPS: only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof;
WBS: Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it;)
WEB: only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:
YLT: (only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel's knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them) --
