Joshua 24:16

Complete Jewish Bible

The people answered, "Far be it from us that we would abandon Adonai to serve other gods;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The people replied, “We will certainly not abandon the Lord to worship other gods!

Hebrew Names Version
The people answered, Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

King James Version
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord , to serve other gods;

Lexham English Bible
And the people answered and said, "Far be it from us that we would forsake Yahweh to serve other gods,

English Standard Version
Then the people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods,

New Century Version
Then the people answered, "We will never stop following the Lord to serve other gods!

New English Translation
The people responded, "Far be it from us to abandon the Lord so we can worship other gods!

Amplified Bible
The people answered, "Far be it from us to abandon (reject) the LORD to serve other gods;

New American Standard Bible
The people answered and said, "Far be it from us that we would abandon the LORD to serve other gods;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the people answered and saide, God forbid, that we shoulde forsake the Lord, to serue other gods.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the people answered and said, "Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh to serve other gods;

Contemporary English Version
The people answered: We could never worship other gods or stop worshiping the Lord .

Darby Translation
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the people answered, "We will never stop following the Lord . We will never serve other gods!

George Lamsa Translation
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods;

Good News Translation
The people replied, "We would never leave the Lord to serve other gods!

Literal Translation
And the people replied and said, Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then answered the people, and saide: God forbidde, that we shulde forsake the LORDE, & serue other goddes.

American Standard Version
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

Bible in Basic English
Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The people aunswered and sayd: God forbyd, that we should forsake the Lord, and serue straunge goddes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the people answered and said: 'Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

King James Version (1611)
And the people answered and said, God forbid that wee should forsake the Lord, to serue other gods.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, so as to serve other gods.

English Revised Version
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

Berean Standard Bible
The people replied, "Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And al the puple answeride and seide, Fer be it fro vs that we forsake the Lord, and serue alien goddis.

Young's Literal Translation
And the people answer and say, `Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

Update Bible Version
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;

Webster's Bible Translation
And the people answered, and said, Be it far from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

World English Bible
The people answered, Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;

New King James Version
So the people answered and said: "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods;

New Living Translation
The people replied, "We would never abandon the Lord and serve other gods.

New Life Bible
The people answered, "May it never be that we turn away from the Lord and serve other gods.

New Revised Standard
Then the people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then responded the people, and said, Far be it from us, that we should forsake Yahweh, - to serve other gods;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people answered, and said, God forbid we should leave the Lord, and serve strange gods.

Revised Standard Version
Then the people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

THE MESSAGE
The people answered, "We'd never forsake God ! Never! We'd never leave God to worship other gods.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The people answered and said, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods;

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ If it seems bad to you to serve Adonai , then choose today whom you are going to serve! Will it be the gods your ancestors served beyond the River? or the gods of the Emori, in whose land you are living? As for me and my household, we will serve Adonai !" ¹⁶ The people answered, "Far be it from us that we would abandon Adonai to serve other gods; ¹⁷ because it is Adonai our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from a life of slavery, and did those great signs before our eyes, and preserved us all along the way we traveled and among all the peoples we passed through; ¹⁸ and it was Adonai who drove out from ahead of us all the peoples, the Emori living in the land. Therefore we too will serve Adonai , for he is our God." ¹⁹ Y'hoshua said to the people, "You can't serve Adonai ; because he is a holy God, a jealous God, and he will not forgive your crimes and sins. ²⁰ If you abandon Adonai and serve foreign gods, he will turn, doing you harm and destroying you after he has done you good." ²¹ But the people said to Y'hoshua, "No, but we will serve Adonai ." ²² Y'hoshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Adonai , to serve him." They answered, "We are witnesses." ²³ "Now," Y'hoshua urged, "put away the foreign gods you have among you, and turn your hearts to Adonai , the God of Isra'el." ²⁴ The people answered Y'hoshua, "We will serve Adonai our God; we will pay attention to what he says."

Bible Verse Review
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1 Samuel 12:23, Romans 3:6, Romans 6:2, Hebrews 10:38, Hebrews 10:39

Reciprocal: Joshua 22:29 - God forbid 1 Samuel 20:2 - God forbid 1 Kings 21:3 - The Lord Jeremiah 2:20 - and thou saidst

Cross-References

Genesis 4:1
The man had sexual relations with Havah his wife; she conceived, gave birth to Kayin [acquisition] and said, "I have acquired a man from Adonai ."

Genesis 24:17
The servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a sip of water from your jug to drink."

Genesis 24:18
"Drink, my lord," she replied, and immediately lowered her jug onto her arm and let him drink.

Genesis 26:7
The men of the place asked him about his wife, and out of fear he said, "She is my sister." He thought, "If I tell them she's my wife, they might kill me in order to take Rivkah. After all, she is a beautiful woman."

Genesis 39:6
So he left all his possessions in Yosef's care; and because he had him, he paid no attention to his affairs, except for the food he ate. Now Yosef was well-built and handsome as well.

Song of Solomon 5:2

[She]

I am asleep, but my heart is awake. Listen! I hear my darling knocking!

[He]

Open for me, my sister, my love, my dove, my flawless one! For my head is wet with dew, my hair with the moisture of the night.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the people answered and said,.... To Joshua, upon his proposal to them, the option he gave them to serve the Lord or idols, and which was only done to try them:

God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods; they speak with the utmost abhorrence of idolatry, as a thing far from their hearts and thoughts, as the most abominable and execrable that could be thought or spoken of; to forsake the word, and worship, and ordinances of God, and serve the idols of the Gentiles, strange gods, whether more ancient or more recent, such as their fathers worshipped in former times, or the inhabitants of the land they now dwelt in, for which they were spewed out of it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 24:16. God forbid that we should forsake the Lord — That they were now sincere cannot be reasonably doubted, for they served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and the elders that outlived him, Joshua 24:31; but afterwards they turned aside, and did serve other gods. "It is ordinary," says Mr. Trapp, "for the many-headed multitude to turn with the stream - to be of the same religion with their superiors: thus at Rome, in DIOCLETIAN'S time, they were pagans; in CONSTANTINE'S Christians; in CONSTANTIUS'S, Arians; in JULIAN'S apostates, and in JOVINIAN'S, Christians again! And all this within less than the age of a man. It is, therefore, a good thing that the heart be established with grace."