Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Holman Bible
If you abandon the Lord and worship foreign gods, He will turn against you, harm you, and completely destroy
International Standard Version
If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign deities, then he will turn and do you harm, consuming you after all the good he has done for you."
A Conservative Version
If ye forsake LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.
American Standard Version
If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Amplified
If you do abandon (reject) the Lord and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume and destroy you after He has done you good.”
Bible in Basic English
If you are turned away from the Lord and become the servants of strange gods, then turning against you he will do you evil, cutting you off, after he has done you good.
Darby Translation
If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Julia Smith Translation
If ye shall forsake Jehovah and serve strange gods, and he turned back and did evil to you, and finished you after that he did good to you.
King James 2000
If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after that he has done you good.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If you forsake Yahweh and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster to you; he will destroy you after he has done good to you."
Modern King James verseion
If you forsake Jehovah and serve strange gods, then He will turn and do you harm, and destroy you after He has done you good.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But when ye have forsaken the LORD and have served strange gods, he will turn and do you evil and consume you, after that he hath done you good."
NET Bible
If you abandon the Lord and worship foreign gods, he will turn against you; he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, though he once treated you well."
New Heart English Bible
If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good."
The Emphasized Bible
When ye forsake Yahweh, and serve the gods of a stranger, then will he turn, and inflict on you calamity, and consume you, after that he hath dealt well with you.
Webster
If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
World English Bible
If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good."
Youngs Literal Translation
When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.'
Themes
Covenant » Of man with God » Joshua
Decision » Instances of » Joshua
Forsaking » Those that forsake the lord
Forsaking God » Warnings against
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 24:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Israelites Promise To Serve Yahweh
19
Joshua said to the people: You may not be able to serve Jehovah. He is a holy God and will not forgive your sins. He will tolerate no rivals,
20
Phrases
Names
Cross References
1 Chronicles 28:9
You my son Solomon, learn to know your father's God. Serve Jehovah wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought we have. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. On the other hand if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.
Acts 7:42
God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven. It is written in the book of the prophets: O you house of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
2 Chronicles 15:2
Azariah went to Asa and said: Listen to me Asa and all you men from Judah and Benjamin. Jehovah is with you when you are with him. If you will dedicate your lives to serve him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
Ezra 8:22
I would not make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might attack us on the way. We said to the king: The hand (power) (protection) of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who have turned away from him.
Isaiah 1:28
Rebels and sinners will be crushed at the same time. Those who abandon Jehovah will come to an end.
Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled and grieved (offended and hurt) his Holy Spirit. So he turned against them as their enemy. He fought against them.
Isaiah 65:11-12
But as for you who forsake Jehovah and forget my holy mountain, which spread a table for the God of Fortune (Babylonian diety) and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
Jeremiah 17:13
You will put to shame all that forsake you, O Jehovah, the hope of Israel. Those who turn away on earth will be written down, for they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living water.
Joshua 23:12-15
If you are disloyal and join with the nations that are still left among you and intermarry with them,
Ezekiel 18:24
But suppose a righteous person turns away from doing right and he does evil things. He does all the disgusting things that the wicked person did. Will he live? All the right things that he has done will not be remembered because of his unfaithfulness and because of his sin. He will die because of them.
Hebrews 10:26-27
If we continue to (practice) (deliberately persist in) sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins.
Hebrews 10:38
My righteous people will live by faith. If any of them turn back, I will not be pleased with them.