Joshua 23:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry with them and associate with them,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י ׀ אִם־שׁ֣וֹב תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ וּדְבַקְתֶּם֙ בְּיֶ֙תֶר֙ הַגּוֹיִ֣ם הָאֵ֔לֶּה הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה אִתְּכֶ֑ם וְהִֽתְחַתַּנְתֶּ֥ם בָּהֶ֛ם וּבָאתֶ֥ם בָּהֶ֖ם וְהֵ֥ם בָּכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

But if šôḇ tāšûḇû and dəḇaqtem in yeter the gôyim the ʾēlleh the nnišʾārîm the ʾēlleh with you and wəhitḥattantem in them and ûḇāʾtem in them and they in you.

Grammar Details

• *šôḇ*: qal infinitive absolute - returning
• *tāšûḇû*: qal imperfect 2mp - you will return
• *dəḇaqtem*: qal perfect 2mp - you have clung to
• *yeter*: noun construct - remainder of
• *gôyim*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the nations
• *ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun - these
• *nnišʾārîm*: niphal participle masculine plural with definite article - the remaining ones
• *wəhitḥattantem*: waw + hithpael perfect 2mp - and you intermarry
• *ûḇāʾtem*: waw + qal perfect 2mp - and you go in

Word Meanings

• *šôḇ tāšûḇû*: indeed return/surely turn back/if you turn back at all
• *dəḇaqtem*: cling to/join with/adhere to
• *yeter*: remainder/rest/remnant
• *nnišʾārîm*: remaining/surviving/left over
• *wəhitḥattantem*: intermarry/make marriage alliances
• *ûḇāʾtem bāhem wəhēm bākem*: you go in to them and they to you/you intermingle with them and they with you

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Otherwise, if you do at all turn back, and join to the remnant of these nations, even those that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Else if ye do at all{H7725} go back,{H7725} and cleave{H1692} unto the remnant{H3499} of these nations,{H1471} even these that remain{H7604} among you, and make marriages{H2859} with them, and go in{H935} unto them, and they to you;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Else if ye do in any wise{H7725}{(H8800)} go back{H7725}{(H8799)}, and cleave{H1692}{(H8804)} unto the remnant{H3499} of these nations{H1471}, even these that remain{H7604}{(H8737)} among you, and shall make marriages{H2859}{(H8694)} with them, and go in{H935}{(H8804)} unto them, and they to you:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But yf ye turne backe, and cleue vnto these other nacions, and make mariages with them, so that ye come amoge them, and they amonge you,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Els, if ye goe backe, and cleaue vnto the rest of these nations: that is, of them that remaine with you, and shall make marriages with them, and goe vnto them, and they to you,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Els, if ye go backe and cleaue vnto the rest of these nations that remaine with you, & shall make mariages with them, and go in vnto them, and they to you:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Else if you do at all go back, and cleave 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;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `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,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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:

• World English Bible (2000)

  "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;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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,

Referenced Verses

• Deut 7:3 : 3 Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
• 1 Sam 18:1-3 : 1 When David had finished speaking to Saul, Jonathan's soul was deeply connected to David's, and Jonathan loved him as much as he loved his own life. 2 From that day forward, Saul took David with him and did not permit him to return to his father’s house. 3 Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as he loved his own life.
• 1 Kgs 11:2 : 2 These were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, 'You must not intermarry with them, and they must not intermarry with you, for they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.' Nevertheless, Solomon clung to them in love.
• 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 As Solomon grew older, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his father had been.
• Ezra 9:1-2 : 1 When these things were completed, the officials approached me and said, 'The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples and their detestable practices, like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.' 2 They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands. Furthermore, the leaders and officials have been foremost in this unfaithfulness.
• Ezra 9:11-12 : 11 'that you commanded through your servants the prophets, saying: "The land you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the practices of its peoples and their detestable acts that have filled it with impurity from one end to the other."' 12 So now, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek their peace or prosperity forever, so that you may be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it to your children as an inheritance forever.
• Neh 13:23-26 : 23 Additionally, in those days I saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. 24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of other peoples, but they could not speak the language of Judah. 25 So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.' 26 Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin because of such things? Among the many nations, there was no king like him; he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Yet, even he was led into sin by foreign women.
• Ps 36:3 : 3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.
• Ps 106:34-35 : 34 They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, 35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their ways.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD will lead away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• Isa 1:4 : 4 Woe to a sinful nation, a people loaded down with guilt, offspring of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have abandoned the LORD, spurned the Holy One of Israel, and turned their backs on Him.
• Ezek 18:24 : 24 But if a righteous person turns away from their righteousness and commits sin, doing the same detestable things the wicked do, will they live? None of the righteous deeds they have done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.
• Zeph 1:6 : 6 And I will remove those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.
• Matt 12:45 : 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.
• John 6:66 : 66 From that time, many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
• Rom 12:9 : 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
• 2 Cor 6:14-17 : 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement can there be between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.' 17 Therefore, 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'
• Heb 10:38-39 : 38 But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, My soul will have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith for the preservation of the soul.
• 2 Pet 2:18-22 : 18 For they utter arrogant, empty words and entice those who are barely escaping from others living in error, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh and by debauchery. 19 They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them. 20 For if, after escaping the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 Of them the true proverb has come true: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to wallowing in the mud."
• 1 John 2:9 : 9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness.
• Gen 2:24 : 24 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
• Gen 34:3 : 3 But his heart was deeply attached to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
• Exod 34:12-16 : 12 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, or they will become a snare in your midst. 13 Instead, you must destroy their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles. 14 For you must not worship any other god, because the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. 15 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat from their sacrifices. 16 And when you take some of their daughters as wives for your sons, their daughters will lead your sons to prostitute themselves to their gods.