Joshua 24:16
“And the people answered and said, God forbid that wee should forsake the Lord, to serue other gods.”
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Joshua 24:16 Context
14¶ Now therefore, feare the Lord, and serue him in sinceritie, and in trueth, and put away the gods which your fathers serued on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt: and serue yee the Lord. 15And if it seeme euill vnto you to serue the Lord, choose you this day whome you will serue, whether the gods which your fathers serued that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose lande ye dwell: but as for mee and my house, we will serue the Lord. 16And the people answered and said, God forbid that wee should forsake the Lord, to serue other gods. 17For the Lord our God, he it is that brought vs vp and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, & which did those great signes in our sight, and preserued vs in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed. 18And the Lord draue out from before vs all the people, euen the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serue the Lord, for he is our God.
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And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
- King James Version
The people answered and said, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;
- Basic English Bible
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;
- Darby Bible
And the people answered, and said, Be it far from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
- Webster's Bible
The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;
- World English Bible
And the people answer and say, `Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the people answered and said: 'Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible