Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
for if indeed you turn back and join these remaining nations {among you}, and you intermarry with them, {marrying their women and they yours},
New American Standard Bible
For if you ever go back and
King James Version
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
Holman Bible
For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations remaining among you,
International Standard Version
because if you ever turn back and cling to those who remain of these nations by intermarrying with them and associating one with another,
A Conservative Version
Else if ye do at all go back, and cling to the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you,
American Standard Version
Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you;
Amplified
For if you ever turn back and cling to the rest of these nations, these that are left among you, and intermarry with them, so that you associate with them and they with you,
Bible in Basic English
For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:
Darby Translation
For if ye in any wise go back, and cleave unto the residue of these nations, these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and come in unto them and they unto you:
Julia Smith Translation
For if turning back, ye shall turn back and cleave to the remainder of these nations, these being left with you, and marry with them, and go in to them, and they in to you,
King James 2000
Else if you do in any way go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
Modern King James verseion
Otherwise, if you go back in any way, and hold to those left of these nations, these that remain among you, and shall marry them and go in to them and they to you,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But and if ye shall go back and cleave unto the rest of these nations that remain with you and shall make marriages with them, and shall go to them and they come to you:
NET Bible
But if you ever turn away and make alliances with these nations that remain near you, and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them,
New Heart English Bible
Else if you do at all go back, and hold fast to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;
The Emphasized Bible
But, if ye, do in any wise turn back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, these which remain with you, - and intermarry with them, and go in with them, and, they, with you;
Webster
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave to the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and associate with them, and they with you:
World English Bible
"But if you do at all go back, and hold fast to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;
Youngs Literal Translation
But -- if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you,
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Provoke God to leave mean to reap the fruits of them
the Canaanites » Israel commanded » Not to intermarry with
Jews, the » Prohibited from » Marry with others
Marriage » With the heathen forbidden
Miscegenation » Reasons for prohibition
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 23:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joshua's Farewell Address
11 Take utmost care for [the sake of] your life to love Yahweh your God, 12 for if indeed you turn back and join these remaining nations {among you}, and you intermarry with them, {marrying their women and they yours}, 13 know for certain that Yahweh your God {will not continue to drive out} these nations from before you; they will be for you a snare and a trap, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that Yahweh your God has given to you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:3
And you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughter to their son; and you shall not take his daughter for your son.
Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh.
Genesis 34:3
And his soul clung to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke {tenderly} to the girl.
Exodus 34:12-16
Be careful for yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, lest it be a snare among you.
1 Samuel 18:1-3
{When} he finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan became attached to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his [own] soul.
1 Kings 11:2
from the nations which Yahweh had said to the {Israelites}, "You shall not {marry them}, and they shall not {marry you}. They will certainly turn your heart after other gods." But Solomon clung to them to love.
1 Kings 11:4
It happened at the time of Solomon's old age that his wives guided his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully with Yahweh his God as the heart of David his father [had been].
Ezra 9:1-2
After finishing these things the officials approached me saying, "The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated from the people of the lands with their detestable things, and from the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
Ezra 9:11-12
which you commanded by the hand of your servants the prophets saying, 'The land that you are entering to possess is a land of impurity with the impurity of the peoples of the lands, with their detestable things which they have filled from end to end with their uncleanness.
Nehemiah 13:23-26
Also in those days I saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth [are] wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to have insight [and] to do good.
Psalm 106:34-35
They did not exterminate the peoples, as Yahweh had commanded them,
Psalm 125:5
But regarding those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the evildoers. Peace [be] upon Israel.
Isaiah 1:4
Ah, sinful nation, a people heavy [with] iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly. They have forsaken Yahweh; they have despised the holy one of Israel. They are estranged [and gone] backward.
Ezekiel 18:24
And {when the righteous turns} from his righteousness, so that he does injustice, and does all of the detestable things that the wicked do, then will he live [because of] all of his righteousness that he did? [Those things] will not be remembered because of his infidelity that he displayed, and because of his {sin that he committed}. Through them he shall die.
Zephaniah 1:6
and those who turned back from {following} Yahweh, and who did not seek Yahweh, and did not inquire of him."
Matthew 12:45
Then it goes and brings along with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and [they] go in [and] live there. And the last [state] of that person becomes worse than the first. So it will be for this evil generation also!"
John 6:66
For this [reason] many of his disciples {drew back} and were not walking with him any longer.
Romans 12:9
Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what [is] evil; be attached to what [is] good,
2 Corinthians 6:14-17
Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation [is there between] righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship [does] light [have] with darkness?
Hebrews 10:38-39
But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him."
2 Peter 2:18-22
{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}, they entice with desires of the flesh [and] with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error,
1 John 2:9
The one who says [he] is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness until now.