Joshua 24:16 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁶ The people answered: We could never worship other gods or stop worshiping the Lord.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

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 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 119:106

Your laws are fair, and I have given my word to respect them all.

Romans 3:6

But the answer is, “No.” Otherwise, how could God judge the world?

Romans 6:2

No, we should not! If we are dead to sin, how can we go on sinning?

Joshua 24:15

But if you don't want to worship the Lord, then choose here and now! Will you worship the same idols your ancestors did? Or since you're living on land that once belonged to the Amorites, maybe you'll worship their gods. I won't. My family and I are going to worship and obey the Lord!

Joshua 24:17

The Lord is our God. We were slaves in Egypt as our ancestors had been, but we saw the Lord work miracles to set our people free and to bring us out of Egypt. Even though other nations were all around us, the Lord protected us wherever we went.

1 Samuel 12:23

I would be disobeying the Lord if I stopped praying for you! I will always teach you how to live right.