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Contemporary English Version

Joshua 22:18

Now you are turning your backs on the Lord again. If you don't stop rebelling against the Lord right now, he will be angry at the whole nation.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Fear of God;   Government;   Haste;   Misjudgment;   Motive;   Phinehas;   Prudence;   Reproof;   Reubenites;   Uncharitableness;   War;   Zeal, Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gad, the Tribe of;   Rebellion against God;   Reuben, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Phinehas;   Reuben;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Manasseh;   Phinehas;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jordan;   Phinehas;   Holman Bible Dictionary - High Priest;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joshua;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Phinehas ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Phin'ehas;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Altar;   Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and now would you turn away from the Lord? If you rebel against the Lord today, tomorrow he will be angry with the entire community of Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing you rebel today against the LORD, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Yisra'el.
King James Version
But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord ? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the Lord , that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
Lexham English Bible
that you must turn today from following Yahweh? If you rebel today against Yahweh, tomorrow he will be angry with all of the congregation of Israel;
English Standard Version
that you too must turn away this day from following the Lord ? And if you too rebel against the Lord today then tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
New Century Version
And now are you turning against the Lord and refusing to follow him? "‘If you don't stop what you're doing today, the Lord will be angry with everyone in Israel tomorrow.
New English Translation
Now today you dare to turn back from following the Lord ! You are rebelling today against the Lord ; tomorrow he may break out in anger against the entire community of Israel.
Amplified Bible
that you would turn away this day from following the LORD? If you rebel against the LORD today, He will be angry with the entire congregation of Israel tomorrow.
New American Standard Bible
that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? If you rebel against the LORD today, He will be angry with the entire congregation of Israel tomorrow.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Ye also are turned away this day from the Lord: and seeing ye rebell to day against ye Lord, euen to morowe he will be wroth with all the Congregation of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yet you are turning away this day from following Yahweh. Now it will be that, if you rebel against Yahweh today, He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel tomorrow.
Complete Jewish Bible
Is this why you have to turn away today from following Adonai ? If you rebel against Adonai today, he will be angry tomorrow with the whole community of Isra'el.
Darby Translation
And ye turn away this day from following Jehovah; and it will be, that since ye rebel this day against Jehovah, to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole assembly of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
And now you are doing the same thing. You are turning against the Lord . Will you refuse to follow the Lord ? If you don't stop what you are doing, he will be angry with everyone in Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
And as for you, when you turned away this day from the worship of the LORD, tomorrow the anger will be against the whole congregation of Israel.
Good News Translation
Are you going to refuse to follow him now? If you rebel against the Lord today, he will be angry with everyone in Israel tomorrow.
Literal Translation
that you turn away today from following after Jehovah? And it shall be that today you rebel against Jehovah, and tomorrow He shall be angry with all the company of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and ye turne you backe this daye from the LORDE, and this daye are ye fallen awaye from the LORDE, that he maye be wroth to daye or tomorow at the whole congregacion of the LORDE.
American Standard Version
that ye must turn away this day from following Jehovah? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against Jehovah, that to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
That now you are turned back from the Lord? and, because you are false to him today, tomorrow his wrath will be let loose on all the people of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye also are turned away this day from the Lorde: And seyng ye rebell to daye against the Lorde, it wyll come to passe that to morowe he shalbe wroth with all the congregation of Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against the LORD, that to-morrow He will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
King James Version (1611)
But that ye must turne away this day from following the Lord ? And it will be, seeing yee rebell to day against the Lord, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole Congregation of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye have this day revolted from the Lord; and it shall come to pass if ye revolt this day from the Lord, that to-morrow there shall be wrath upon all Israel.
English Revised Version
that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel today against the LORD, that tomorrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
And now, would you turn away from the LORD? If you rebel today against the LORD, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And to day ye han forsake the Lord, and to morewe, that is, in tyme to comynge, the ire of hym schal be feers ayens al Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
that ye turn back to-day from after Jehovah? and it hath been -- ye rebel to-day against Jehovah -- and to-morrow against all the company of Israel He is wroth.
Update Bible Version
that you must turn away this day from following Yahweh? and it will be, seeing you rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, [seeing] ye rebel to-day against the LORD, that to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
World English Bible
that you must turn away this day from following Yahweh? and it will be, seeing you rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
New King James Version
but that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? And it shall be, if you rebel today against the LORD, that tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
New Living Translation
And yet today you are turning away from following the Lord . If you rebel against the Lord today, he will be angry with all of us tomorrow.
New Life Bible
Now to add to that sin, this day you have turned away from following the Lord. If you go against the Lord today, He will be angry with all the people of Israel tomorrow.
New Revised Standard
that you must turn away today from following the Lord ! If you rebel against the Lord today, he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel tomorrow.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but that, ye, must turn back to-day from following Yahweh, - though it must needs be that, if, ye, rebel to-day against Yahweh, then, to-morrow, with all the assembly of Israel, will he be wroth?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And you have forsaken the Lord to day, and to morrow his wrath will rage against all Israel.
Revised Standard Version
that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? And if you rebel against the LORD today he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel tomorrow.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? If you rebel against the LORD today, He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel tomorrow.

Contextual Overview

10The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh reached the western side of the Jordan River valley and built a huge altar there beside the river. When the rest of the Israelites heard what these tribes had done, 12 the Israelite men met at Shiloh to get ready to attack the two and a half tribes. 13 But first they sent a priest, Phinehas the son of Eleazar, to talk with the two and a half tribes. 14 Each of the tribes at Shiloh sent the leader of one of its families along with Phinehas. 15 Phinehas and these leaders went to Gilead and met with the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. They said: 16 All of the Lord 's people have gathered together and have sent us to find out why you are unfaithful to our God. You have turned your backs on the Lord by building that altar. Why are you rebelling against him? 17 Wasn't our people's sin at Peor terrible enough for you? The Lord punished us by sending a horrible sickness that killed many of us, and we still suffer because of that sin. 18 Now you are turning your backs on the Lord again. If you don't stop rebelling against the Lord right now, he will be angry at the whole nation. 19 If you don't think your land is a fit place to serve God, then move across the Jordan and live with us in the Lord 's own land, where his sacred tent is located. But don't rebel against the Lord our God or against us by building another altar besides the Lord 's own altar. 20 Don't you remember what happened when Achan was unfaithful and took some of the things that belonged to God? This made God angry with the entire nation. Achan died because he sinned, but he also caused the death of many others.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

following: Joshua 22:16, Deuteronomy 7:4, 1 Samuel 12:14, 1 Samuel 12:20, 1 Kings 9:6, 2 Kings 17:21, 2 Chronicles 25:27, 2 Chronicles 34:33

and it will: Ezra 9:13, Ezra 9:14

he will be: Joshua 22:20, Joshua 7:1, Joshua 7:11, Joshua 7:21, Numbers 16:22, 2 Samuel 24:1, 1 Chronicles 21:1, 1 Chronicles 21:14

Reciprocal: Leviticus 10:6 - lest wrath Deuteronomy 24:4 - thou shalt Joshua 6:18 - make the camp Joshua 7:12 - the children Joshua 22:15 - General 1 Chronicles 21:17 - that they should 2 Chronicles 19:10 - wrath come 2 Chronicles 28:13 - add more Ezra 10:10 - to increase Nehemiah 13:18 - ye bring more Ephesians 5:6 - cometh

Cross-References

Genesis 18:18
since his family will become a great and powerful nation that will be a blessing to all other nations on earth.
Genesis 22:1
Some years later God decided to test Abraham, so he spoke to him. Abraham answered, "Here I am, Lord ."
Genesis 22:3
So Abraham got up early the next morning and chopped wood for the fire. He put a saddle on his donkey and left with Isaac and two servants for the place where God had told him to go.
Genesis 22:4
Three days later Abraham looked off in the distance and saw the place.
Genesis 22:5
He told his servants, "Stay here with the donkey, while my son and I go over there to worship. We will come back."
Genesis 22:9
when they reached the place that God had told him about, Abraham built an altar and placed the wood on it. Next, he tied up his son and put him on the wood.
Genesis 22:10
He then took the knife and got ready to kill his son.
1 Samuel 2:30
I am the Lord , the God of Israel. I promised to always let your family serve me as priests, but now I tell you that I cannot do this any longer! I honor anyone who honors me, but I put a curse on anyone who hates me.
Psalms 72:17
May the glory of the king shine brightly forever like the sun in the sky. Let him make nations prosper and learn to praise him.
Jeremiah 7:23
Instead, I told them, "If you listen to me and do what I tell you, I will be your God, you will be my people, and all will go well for you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But that you must turn away this day from following the Lord?.... From the worship of the Lord, as the Targum, and so on

Joshua 22:16; not content with the former transgression, but must add this revolt unto it, and at a time which sadly aggravates it:

and it will be, that [seeing] ye rebel to, day against the Lord; against the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, and so on Joshua 22:16;

that tomorrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel; or, in a little time, if a stop is not put to this revolt, the whole body of the people will suffer for it: here they express a concern for the whole nation of Israel, as well as for the glory of God; for sometimes the whole congregation has been charged with the sins of individuals, and punished for it, as a case after mentioned shows; see Joshua 7:1.


 
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