I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
Joshua 24:16 - Y'all Version Bible The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake YHWH to serve other gods. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
“Far be it from us that we should rebel against YHWH, and turn away today from following YHWH, to build an altar for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides YHWH our God’s altar that is before his tabernacle!”
If it seems terrible in your* eyes to worship YHWH, y’all must choose today whom y’all will worship—the gods y’all’s ancestors worshiped beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land y’all dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve YHWH.”
For it is YHWH our God who brought us and our ancestors up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the middle of whom we passed.
As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against YHWH by ceasing to pray for y’all. I will instruct y’all in the good and the right way.