Joshua 24:16 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ The people answered, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Then the people answered, “God forbid that we ever leave the LORD to serve other gods!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And the people responded, and they said: "Far be it from us that we would forsake the Lord, and serve foreign gods.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And the people answered, and said: God forbid we should leave the Lord, and serve strange gods.

Joshua 24:16 Cross References

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe your righteous ordinances.

Romans 3:6

By no means! For then how could God judge the world?

Romans 6:2

By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it?

Joshua 22:29

Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord, and turn away this day from following the Lord by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, or sacrifice, other than the altar of the Lord our God that stands before his tabernacle!”

Joshua 24:15

Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:17

for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed;

1 Samuel 12:23

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.