Joshua 24:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ And the people answered and said, “Far be it from us to forsake יהוה, to serve other mighty ones,

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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.

Joshua 24:16 Cross References

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn, and I confirm, To guard Your righteous right-rulings.

Romans 3:6

Let it not be! Otherwise how shall Elohim judge the world?

Romans 6:2

Let it not be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?

Joshua 22:29

“Far be it from us to rebel against יהוה, and to turn from following יהוה  this day, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for grain offerings, or for slaughterings, besides the altar of יהוה  our Elohim which is before His Dwelling Place.”

Joshua 24:15

“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.”

Joshua 24:17

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.

1 Samuel 12:23

“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.