Joshua 24:16 - The Scriptures 2009 And the people answered and said, “Far be it from us to forsake יהוה, to serve other mighty ones, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The people answered, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods; American Standard Version (1901) And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods; Common English Bible Then the people answered, “God forbid that we ever leave the LORD to serve other gods! Catholic Public Domain Version 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 And the people answered, and said: God forbid we should leave the Lord, and serve strange gods. |
“Far be it from us to rebel against יהוה, and to turn from following יהוה this day, to build a slaughter-place for ascending offerings, for grain offerings, or for slaughterings, besides the slaughter-place of יהוה our Elohim which is before His Dwelling Place.”
“And if it seems evil in your eyes to serve יהוה, choose for yourselves this day whom you are going to serve, whether the mighty ones which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the mighty ones of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But I and my house, we serve יהוה.”
for יהוה our Elohim is He who has brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage, who did those great signs before our eyes, and has guarded us in all the way that we went and among all the people through whom we passed.
“Also, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against יהוה in ceasing to pray for you, but I shall teach you the good and straight way.