Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve Jehovah, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
New American Standard Bible
Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be able to serve the Lord,
King James Version
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
Holman Bible
But Joshua told the people, “You will not be able to worship Yahweh, because He is a holy God. He is a jealous God;
International Standard Version
So Joshua told the people, "You will not be able to serve the LORD, because he is a God of Holiness. He is a jealous God, and he will forgive neither your transgressions nor your sins.
A Conservative Version
And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.
American Standard Version
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.
Amplified
Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be able to serve the Lord [if you serve any other gods], for He is a holy God; He is a
Bible in Basic English
And Joshua said to the people, You are not able to be the servants of the Lord, for he is a holy God, a God who will not let his honour be given to another: he will have no mercy on your wrongdoing or your sins.
Darby Translation
And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah, for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
Julia Smith Translation
And Joshua will say to the people, Ye will not be able to serve Jehovah, for a holy God is he: a jealous God is he; he will not take away your transgressions and your sins.
King James 2000
And Joshua said unto the people, You cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But Joshua said to the people, "You cannot serve Yahweh, for he [is] a holy and jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But Joshua said unto the people, "Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God and cannot bear your transgression and sin.
NET Bible
Joshua warned the people, "You will not keep worshiping the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
New Heart English Bible
Joshua said to the people, "You can't serve the LORD; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.
The Emphasized Bible
Then said Joshua unto the people - Ye cannot serve Yahweh, for, a holy God, he is, a jealous GOD, he is, he will not forgive your transgression, nor your sins.
Webster
And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions, nor your sins.
World English Bible
Joshua said to the people, "You can't serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Joshua saith unto the people, 'Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for a God most holy He is; a zealous God He is; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins.
Themes
Covenant » Of man with God » Joshua
Decision » Instances of » Joshua
God » Impartiality of » Jealousy of
God » Is declared to be » Jealous
Interlinear
`abad
'elohiym
אל
'el
God, god, power, mighty, goodly, great, idols, Immanuel , might, strong
Usage: 114
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 24:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Israelites Promise To Serve Yahweh
18 And Jehovah drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites who lived in the land. We will also serve Jehovah, for He is our God. 19 And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve Jehovah, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 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.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them. For I Jehovah your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and fourth generation of those that hate me,
Exodus 23:21
Be on guard before Him, and obey His voice. Do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions. For My name is in Him.
Leviticus 19:2
Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I, Jehovah your God, am holy.
Exodus 34:14
For you shall worship no other god. For Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God;
1 Samuel 6:20
And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Jehovah God? And to whom shall He go up from us?
Psalm 99:5
Praise Jehovah our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy.
Psalm 99:9
Praise Jehovah our God, and worship at His holy hill; for Jehovah our God is holy.
Isaiah 5:16
But Jehovah of Hosts is exalted in judgment, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
Exodus 34:7
keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the sons, and on the sons of sons, to the third and to the fourth generation.
Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, It is that which Jehovah spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Leviticus 20:26
And you shall be holy to Me. For I, Jehovah, am holy, and have severed you from the nations, so that you should be Mine.
Joshua 24:23
And now put away the strange gods among you, and incline your heart to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Ruth 1:15
And she said, Behold, Your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. Return after your sister-in-law.
1 Samuel 3:14
And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering forever.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words, and ill-treated His prophets until the wrath of Jehovah arose against His people, until there was no healing.
Isaiah 6:3-5
And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of Hosts; the whole earth full of His glory.
Isaiah 27:11
When its branches are dried up, they shall be broken off; the women come and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore His Maker will not have mercy on them, and He who formed them will not favor them.
Isaiah 30:11
go out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Isaiah 30:15
For so says the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest you shall be saved; and in quietness and hope shall be your strength. And you were not willing.
Habakkuk 1:13
You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look upon vexation. Why do You look upon those who deal deceitfully? Will you be silent when the wicked swallows one more righteous than he?
Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Luke 14:25-33
And great crowds went with Him. And He turned and said to them,
1 Corinthians 10:20-22
But I say that the things which the nations sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. And I do not desire that you should have fellowship with demons.