Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
KJV
Sin autem malum vobis videtur ut Domino serviatis, optio vobis datur : eligite hodie quod placet, cui servire potissimum debeatis : utrum diis, quibus servierunt patres vestri in Mesopotamia, an diis Amorrhæorum, in quorum terra habitatis : ego autem et domus mea serviemus Domino.
Vulgate
εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀρέσκει ὑμῖν λατρεύειν Κυρίῳ, ἐκλέξασθε ὑμῖν ἑαυτοῖς σήμερον τίνι λατρεύσητε, εἴτε τοῖς θεοῖς τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν τοῖς ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ, εἴτε τοῖς θεοῖς τῶν Ἀμορραίων ἐν οἷς ὑμεῖς κατοικεῖτε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς αὐτῶν· ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ ἡ οἰκία μου λατρεύσομεν Κυρίῳ, ὅτι ἅγιός ἐστιν.
LXX
And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
ASV
וְ/אִם֩ רַ֨ע בְּֽ/עֵינֵי/כֶ֜ם לַ/עֲבֹ֣ד אֶת יְהוָ֗ה בַּחֲר֨וּ לָ/כֶ֣ם הַ/יּוֹם֮ אֶת מִ֣י תַעֲבֹדוּ/ן֒ אִ֣ם אֶת אֱלֹהִ֞ים אֲשֶׁר עָבְד֣וּ אֲבוֹתֵי/כֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֙ ב/עבר מֵ/עֵ֣בֶר הַ/נָּהָ֔ר וְ/אִם֙ אֶת אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָ/אֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֖ם יֹשְׁבִ֣ים בְּ/אַרְצָ֑/ם וְ/אָנֹכִ֣י וּ/בֵיתִ֔/י נַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Kgs 18:21 — And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
- 1Kgs 18:21 — And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
- 1Tim 3:4 — One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
- Acts 11:23 — Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
- Dan 3:18 — But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
- Deut 1:7 — Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the
- Deut 13:7 — Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
- Deut 29:18 — Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a
- Deut 30:19 — I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
- Eph 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
- Esth 4:16 — Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto
- Exod 10:9 — And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.
- Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
- Exod 23:24 — Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
- Exod 23:32 — Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
- Exod 34:15 — Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
- Ezek 20:39 — As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, an
- Gal 4:8 — Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
- Gen 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he h
- Gen 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he h
- Gen 35:2 — Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
- Isa 56:4 — For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
- John 6:67 — Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
- John 6:67 — Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
- Josh 24:2 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and
- Judg 6:10 — And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
- Luke 10:42 — But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
- Luke 16:13 — No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Mal 3:18 — Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
- Matt 6:24 — No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Matt 12:30 — He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
- Matt 27:17 — Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
- Mic 4:5 — For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.
- Ps 5:7 — But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
- Ps 17:15 — As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
- Ps 101:2 — I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
- Ps 119:8 — I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
- Ps 119:30 — I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
- Ps 119:57 — Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
- Ps 119:106 — I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.