Joshua 23:11

Geneva Bible

Take good heede therefore vnto your selues, that ye loue the Lord your God.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So diligently watch yourselves! Love the Lord your God!

Hebrew Names Version
Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God.

King James Version
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.

Lexham English Bible
Take utmost care for the sake of your life to love Yahweh your God,

English Standard Version
Be very careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God.

New Century Version
So you must be careful to love the Lord your God.

New English Translation
Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God!

Amplified Bible
"So be very careful and watchful of yourselves to love the LORD your God.

New American Standard Bible
"So take great care for yourselves that you love the LORD your God.

Legacy Standard Bible
So keep your souls very carefully to love Yahweh your God.

Contemporary English Version
Be sure to always love the Lord your God.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Therefore take great care to love Adonai your God.

Darby Translation
Take great heed therefore unto your souls, that ye love Jehovah your God.

Easy-to-Read Version
So you must continue to love the Lord your God.

George Lamsa Translation
Take good heed therefore to yourselves, to revere the LORD your God.

Good News Translation
Be careful, then, to love the Lord your God.

Literal Translation
And you shall be very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah your God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take diligent hede therfore vnto youre soules, that ye loue the LORDE youre God.

American Standard Version
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God.

Bible in Basic English
So keep watch on yourselves, and see that you have love for the Lord your God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take good heede therfore vnto your selues, that ye loue the Lord your God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.

King James Version (1611)
Take good heed therefore vnto your selues, that ye loue the Lord your God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And take ye great heed to love the Lord our God.

English Revised Version
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Be ye war bifore moost diligentli of this thing oneli, that ye loue youre Lord God.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye have been very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah your God.

Update Bible Version
Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God.

Webster's Bible Translation
Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.

World English Bible
Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God.

New King James Version
Therefore take careful heed to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God.

New Living Translation
So be very careful to love the Lord your God.

New Life Bible
Be very careful to love the Lord your God.

New Revised Standard
Be very careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Take diligent heed, therefore, unto your souls, - to love Yahweh your God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
This only take care of with all diligence, that you love the Lord your God.

Revised Standard Version
Take good heed to yourselves, therefore, to love the LORD your God.

THE MESSAGE
"Now, vigilantly guard your souls: Love God , your God. Because if you wander off and start taking up with these remaining nations still among you (intermarry, say, and have other dealings with them), know for certain that God , your God, will not get rid of these nations for you. They'll be nothing but trouble to you—horsewhips on your backs and sand in your eyes—until you're the ones who will be driven out of this good land that God , your God, has given you.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So take diligent heed to yourselves to love the LORD your God.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Take good heede therefore vnto your selues, that ye loue the Lord your God. ¹² Els, if ye goe backe, and cleaue vnto the rest of these nations: that is, of them that remaine with you, and shall make marriages with them, and goe vnto them, and they to you, ¹³ Knowe ye for certaine, that the Lord your God will cast out no more of these nations from before you: but they shall be a snare and destruction vnto you, and a whip on your sides, and thornes in your eyes, vntill ye perish out of this good land, which ye Lord your God hath giue you. ¹⁴ And beholde, this day do I enter into the way of all ye world, & ye know in al your heartes and in all your soules, that nothing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God promised you, but all are come to passe vnto you: nothing hath failed thereof. ¹⁵ Therefore as all good things are come vpon you, which the Lorde your God promised you, so shall the Lord bring vpon you euery euill thing, vntill he haue destroyed you out of this good land, which ye Lord your God hath giue you. ¹⁶ When ye shall transgresse the couenant of the Lorde your God, which he commaunded you, and shall goe and serue other gods, and bowe your selues to them, then shall the wrath of the Lorde waxe hote against you, and ye shall perish quickely out of the good lande which he hath giuen you.

Bible Verse Review
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Take good: Joshua 22:5, Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 6:5-12, Proverbs 4:23, Luke 21:34, Ephesians 5:15, Hebrews 12:15

yourselves: Heb. your souls

love: Exodus 20:6, Romans 8:28, 1 Corinthians 8:3, 1 Corinthians 16:22, Jude 1:20, Jude 1:21

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:13 - be circumspect Deuteronomy 4:15 - Take ye Deuteronomy 4:23 - heed 2 Kings 21:8 - only if they Jeremiah 17:21 - Take Hebrews 2:1 - the more

Cross-References

Genesis 23:6
Heare vs, my lorde: thou art a prince of God among vs: in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of vs shall forbid thee his sepulchre, but thou mayest bury thy dead therein.

Genesis 23:7
Then Abraham stoode vp, and bowed him selfe before the people of the land of the Hittites.

Genesis 23:12
Then Abraham bowed himselfe before the people of the land,

Genesis 23:18
Vnto Abraham for a possession, in ye sight of the Hittites, euen of all that went in at the gates of his citie.

Genesis 23:20
Thus the fielde and the caue, that is therein, was made sure vnto Abraham for a possession of buriall by the Hittites.

Numbers 35:30
Whosoeuer killeth any person, the Iudge shall slay the murtherer, through witnesses: but one witnesse shall not testifie against a person to cause him to die.

Deuteronomy 17:6
At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he that is woorthie of death, die: but at the mouth of one witnesse, he shall not die.

Deuteronomy 19:15
One witnes shall not rise against a man for any trespasse, or for any sinne, or for any fault that hee offendeth in, but at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be stablished.

Ruth 4:1
Then went Boaz vp to the gate, and sate there, and beholde, the kinsman, of whome Boaz had spoken, came by: and he sayd, Ho, snch one, come, sit downe here. And he turned, and sate downe.

Ruth 4:4
And I thought to aduertise thee, saying, Buy it before the assistants, & before the Elders of my people. If thou wilt redeeme it, redeeme it: but if thou wilt not redeeme it, tel me: for I know that there is none besides thee to redeeme it, & I am after thee. Then he answered, I wil redeeme it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take good heed therefore unto yourselves,.... To be upon their guard, and to be watchful, were very necessary to them, that they might not be ensnared by the Canaanites, and drawn aside by them into idolatry, and so apostatize from the Lord and his worship, since their temptations would be many:

that ye love the Lord your God; which would the most strongly influence and engage them to serve and worship the Lord, and obey his commands, and be the best preservative against idolatry and false worship.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 23:11. Take good heed - unto yourselves that ye love the Lord — לנפשתיכם lenaphshotheychem, Take heed TO YOUR SOULS, literally; but נפש nephesh and [Arabic] nefs, both in Hebrew and Arabic, signify the whole self, as well as soul and life; both soul and body must be joined in this work, for it is written, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, mind, and strength.