Joshua 24:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God; He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And hua 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto the people,{H5971} Ye cannot{H3201} serve{H5647} Jehovah;{H3068} for he is a holy{H6918} God;{H430} he is a jealous{H7072} God;{H430} he will not forgive{H5375} your transgression{H6588} nor your sins.{H2403}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Joshua{H3091} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the people{H5971}, Ye cannot{H3201}{(H8799)} serve{H5647}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}: for he is an holy{H6918} God{H430}; he is a jealous{H7072} God{H410}; he will not forgive{H5375}{(H8799)} your transgressions{H6588} nor your sins{H2403}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Iosua sayde vnto the people: Ye can not serue the LORDE: for he is an holy God, mightie, and gelous, which spareth not youre trangressions and synnes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Ioshua saide vnto the people, Ye can not serue the Lorde: for he is an holie God: he is a ielous God: hee will not pardon your iniquitie nor your sinnes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Iosuah sayde vnto the people, Ye can not serue the Lord: for he is an holy God, and a ielous God, and cannot beare your iniquite and sinne.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  • Exod 23:21 : 21 Pay attention to him and listen to his voice. Do not rebel against him, for he will not forgive your rebellion, since my name is in him.
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 Speak to the entire assembly of the Israelites and tell them: 'Be holy, because I, the LORD your God, am holy.'
  • Ps 99:5 : 5 Exalt the Lord our God, and bow down at His footstool. He is holy.
  • Ps 99:9 : 9 Exalt the Lord our God, and bow down at His holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy.
  • Isa 5:16 : 16 But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted through justice, and the Holy God will show Himself holy through righteousness.
  • Exod 34:14 : 14 For you must not worship any other god, because the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
  • 1 Sam 6:20 : 20 The people of Beth Shemesh asked, "Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? And to whom should we send it to get it away from us?"
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people beyond remedy.
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, 'This is what the LORD has said: I will be shown as holy to those who draw near me, and I will be honored in the sight of all the people.' And Aaron remained silent.
  • Exod 34:7 : 7 Maintaining steadfast love to thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin, but not leaving the guilty unpunished. He punishes the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations."
  • Lev 20:26 : 26 You shall be holy to me, for I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the peoples to be mine.
  • Josh 24:23 : 23 Now then," Joshua said, "put away the foreign gods that are among you, and direct your hearts toward the LORD, the God of Israel.
  • Ruth 1:15 : 15 Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Return with her."
  • 1 Sam 3:14 : 14 Therefore, I have sworn to the house of Eli that the guilt of his house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.
  • Isa 6:3-5 : 3 And they were calling to one another, "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!" 4 The foundations of the thresholds shook at the sound of the voices of those who called, and the temple was filled with smoke. 5 Then I said, "Woe to me! For I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts."
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and light them on fire. For this is a people without understanding; therefore, their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not show them favor.
  • Isa 30:11 : 11 'Leave the way, turn aside from the path, and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel!'
  • Isa 30:15 : 15 For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: 'In repentance and rest you will be saved; in quietness and trust is your strength. But you were not willing.'
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the treacherous? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
  • Luke 14:25-33 : 25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them, he said, 26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still far away and ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
  • 1 Cor 10:20-22 : 20 No, but what the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons. 22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He is?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Josh 24:20-24
    5 verses
    80%

    20 If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring harm to you and destroy you, after He has been good to you.

    21 But the people said to Joshua, "No! We will serve the LORD.

    22 Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD." And they said, "We are witnesses."

    23 Now then," Joshua said, "put away the foreign gods that are among you, and direct your hearts toward the LORD, the God of Israel.

    24 The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.

  • Josh 24:18
    78%

    18 The LORD drove out all the peoples before us, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, for He is our God.

  • Exod 34:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Deut 6:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.

    15 For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. His anger will burn against you, and He will destroy you from the face of the earth.

  • Deut 4:24
    75%

    24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

  • Deut 5:9
    74%

    9 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the iniquity of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.

  • Exod 20:5
    74%

    5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

  • Josh 24:14-16
    3 verses
    74%

    14 Now, fear the LORD and serve Him with sincerity and truth. Put away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

    15 But if it seems undesirable to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve—whether the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.

    16 The people replied, "Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

  • Deut 12:4
    72%

    4 Do not worship the Lord your God in the same way that they worship their gods.

  • Josh 9:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23 'Now therefore, you are under a curse and will always serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.'

    24 They answered Joshua, 'Your servants were clearly told how the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you this entire land and destroy all its inhabitants before you. So we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.'

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    71%

    35 The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, saying, 'Do not fear other gods, do not bow down to them, do not serve them, and do not sacrifice to them.'

  • Josh 23:16
    71%

    16 If you violate the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land He has given you.

  • Josh 3:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9 Joshua said to the Israelites, 'Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.'

    10 Joshua said, 'By this you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.'

  • Josh 23:7
    71%

    7 Do not associate with these nations that remain among you. Do not invoke the names of their gods, swear by them, serve them, or bow down to them.

  • Exod 23:24
    71%

    24 Do not bow down to their gods or worship them or follow their practices. Instead, you must demolish them completely and shatter their sacred pillars.

  • Jer 25:6
    70%

    6 Do not follow other gods to serve them or worship them. Do not provoke me to anger with the works of your hands; then I will not bring disaster upon you.'

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    70%

    12 They served idols, about which the Lord had said to them, 'You shall not do this thing.'

  • 1 Kgs 9:6
    70%

    6 'But if you or your descendants turn away from Me and do not keep My commands and statutes that I have given you, and you go and serve other gods and bow down to them,

  • Lev 19:4
    70%

    4 Do not turn to idols or make gods of cast metal for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 7:16
    70%

    16 You shall destroy all the nations the LORD your God is giving over to you. Do not look on them with pity, and do not serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

  • Exod 23:32
    70%

    32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.

  • Josh 22:5
    70%

    5 But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses, the servant of the LORD, commanded you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul.

  • Josh 3:5
    70%

    5 Then Joshua said to the people, 'Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.'

  • 2 Chr 7:19
    70%

    19 But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

  • Josh 24:27
    69%

    27 And Joshua said to all the people, "See, this stone will serve as a witness against us. It has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.

  • 2 Kgs 17:38
    69%

    38 Do not forget the covenant that I made with you, and do not fear other gods.

  • Deut 10:17
    69%

    17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.

  • Deut 31:3
    69%

    3 The LORD your God himself will cross ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall take possession of them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

  • Deut 13:4
    69%

    4 you must not listen to that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you truly love Him with all your heart and all your soul.

  • Deut 30:17
    69%

    17 But if your heart turns away and you do not obey, and if you are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them,

  • Josh 7:19
    69%

    19 Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and give Him praise. Tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me."

  • Judg 2:21
    69%

    21 'I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died.'

  • Josh 22:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18 And now you are turning away from the LORD today! If you rebel against the LORD today, tomorrow He will be angry with the entire assembly of Israel.

    19 If, however, the land of your possession is unclean, then come over to the land the LORD possesses, where the LORD's tabernacle stands, and settle among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar for yourselves other than the altar of the LORD our God.

  • Deut 8:19
    69%

    19 If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

  • Josh 7:12
    69%

    12 That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.

  • Ps 81:9
    69%

    9 Hear, my people, and I will warn you—if you would only listen to me, Israel!

  • Deut 10:20
    69%

    20 Fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.