Joshua 24:19
What does Joshua 24:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 24:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Joshua said to the people, You are not able to be the servants of the Lord, for he is a holy God, a God who will not let his honour be given to another: he will have no mercy on your wrongdoing or your sins.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Joshua saith unto the people, `Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for a God most holy He <FI>is<Fi> ; a zealous God He <FI>is<Fi> ; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Joshua said to the people: You will not be able to serve the Lord: for he is a holy God, and mighty and jealous, and will not forgive your wickedness and sins.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah, for he is a holyGod; he is a jealousGod; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
Context
v.18and Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites that dwelt in the land: therefore we also will serve Jehovah; for he is our God.
v.19This passage
v.20If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 34:14
(for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God);
- Isaiah 27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
- Leviticus 20:26
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16
but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
- Psalms 99:5
Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his footstool: Holy is he.
- Psalms 99:9
Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his holy hill; For Jehovah our God is holy.
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