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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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JPS Old Testament
Joshua 23:11
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
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Christian Standard Bible®
So diligently watch yourselves! Love the Lord your God!
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.
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.
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,
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.
Be very careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God.
New Century Version
So you must be careful to love the Lord your God.
So you must be careful to love the Lord your God.
New English Translation
Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God!
Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God!
Amplified Bible
"So be very careful and watchful of yourselves to love the LORD your God.
"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.
"So take great care for yourselves that you love the LORD your God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Take good heede therefore vnto your selues, that ye loue the Lord your God.
Take good heede therefore vnto your selues, that ye loue the Lord your God.
Legacy Standard Bible
So keep your souls very carefully to love Yahweh your God.
So keep your souls very carefully to love Yahweh your God.
Contemporary English Version
Be sure to always love the Lord your God.
Be sure to always love the Lord your God.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Therefore take great care to love Adonai your God.
"Therefore take great care to love Adonai your God.
Darby Translation
Take great heed therefore unto your souls, that ye love Jehovah your God.
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.
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.
Take good heed therefore to yourselves, to revere the LORD your God.
Good News Translation
Be careful, then, to love the Lord your God.
Be careful, then, to love the Lord your God.
Literal Translation
And you shall be very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah your God.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Take good heede therfore vnto your selues, that ye loue the Lord your God.
King James Version (1611)
Take good heed therefore vnto your selues, that ye loue the Lord your God.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
So be very careful to love the Lord your God.
New Life Bible
Be very careful to love the Lord your God.
Be very careful to love the Lord your God.
New Revised Standard
Be very careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
"So take diligent heed to yourselves to love the LORD your God.
Contextual Overview
11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you; 13 know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and pricks in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth; consider ye therefore in all your heart and in all your soul, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which the LORD your God spoke unto you, so shall the LORD bring upon you all the evil things, until He have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 16 When ye transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which He hath given unto you.'
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
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
'Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.'
'Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.'
Genesis 23:7
And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
Genesis 23:12
And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.
And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.
Genesis 23:18
unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
Genesis 23:20
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth.
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth.
Numbers 35:30
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.
Deuteronomy 17:6
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:15
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth; at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be establishment
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth; at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be establishment
Ruth 4:1
Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there; and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; unto whom he said: 'Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here.' And he turned aside, and sat down.
Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there; and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; unto whom he said: 'Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here.' And he turned aside, and sat down.
Ruth 4:4
and I thought to disclose it unto thee, saying: Buy it before them that sit here, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it; but if it will not be redeemed, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee.' And he said: 'I will redeem it.'
and I thought to disclose it unto thee, saying: Buy it before them that sit here, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it; but if it will not be redeemed, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee.' And he said: 'I will redeem 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.
