Parallel Verses
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:
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 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;
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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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 23:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joshua's Farewell Address
11 Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. 12 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: 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:3
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give to his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take to thy 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 cleaved to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel.
Exodus 34:12-16
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
1 Samuel 18:1-3
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
1 Kings 11:2
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in to you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon cleaved to these in love.
1 Kings 11:4
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Ezra 9:1-2
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Ezra 9:11-12
Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, to which ye 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 another with their uncleanness.
Nehemiah 13:23-26
In those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath ceased to be wise, and to do good.
Psalm 106:34-35
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
Psalm 125:5
As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Isaiah 1:4
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they are gone away backward.
Ezekiel 18:24
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Zephaniah 1:6
And them that have turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.
Matthew 12:45
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also to this wicked generation.
John 6:66
From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
Romans 12:9
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
2 Corinthians 6:14-17
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Hebrews 10:38-39
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man shall draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
2 Peter 2:18-22
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that had quite escaped from them who live in error.
1 John 2:9
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.