Parallel Verses
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,
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:
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},
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 And take good heed to yourselves that you love Jehovah your God. 12 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, 13 know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive out these nations from before you. But they shall be snares and traps to you, and whips in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God has given you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:3
Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter to your son.
Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 34:3
And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke to the heart of the girl.
Exodus 34:12-16
Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the people of the land where you go, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you.
1 Samuel 18:1-3
And it happened when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as he did his own soul.
1 Kings 11:2
of the nations which Jehovah had said to the sons of Israel, You shall not go in to them, and they shall not go in to you; surely they will turn away your heart after their gods. Solomon clung to these in love.
1 Kings 11:4
For it happened when Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods. And his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Ezra 9:1-2
And at the end of these things, the rulers came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands. But they are doing according to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Ezra 9:11-12
which You commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, The land into which you go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from one end to the other with their uncleanness.
Nehemiah 13:23-26
In those days I also saw Jews who lived with women from Ashdod, Ammon, and from Moab.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.
Psalm 106:34-35
They did not destroy the nations as Jehovah commanded them;
Psalm 125:5
And those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Jehovah shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity; peace shall be on Israel.
Isaiah 1:4
Woe, sinful nation, a people heavy with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, sons who corrupt! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger; they have gone away backward.
Ezekiel 18:24
But when the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked do, shall he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be remembered; in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.
Zephaniah 1:6
and those drawing back from Jehovah, and who have not sought Jehovah, nor asked for Him.
Matthew 12:45
Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and live there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so it also shall be to this evil generation.
John 6:66
From this time many of His disciples went back into the things behind, and walked no more with Him.
Romans 12:9
Let love be without hypocrisy, shrinking from evil, cleaving to good;
2 Corinthians 6:14-17
Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers; for what fellowship does righteousness have with lawlessness? And what partnership does light have with darkness?
Hebrews 10:38-39
Now, "the Just shall live by faith. But if he draws back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him."
2 Peter 2:18-22
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they lure through the lusts of the flesh, by unbridled lust, the ones who were escaping from those who live in error;
1 John 2:9
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in darkness until now.