Joshua 24:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם֩ רַ֨ע בְּֽעֵינֵיכֶ֜ם לַעֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־יְהוָ֗ה בַּחֲר֨וּ לָכֶ֣ם הַיּוֹם֮ אֶת־מִ֣י תַעֲבֹדוּן֒ אִ֣ם אֶת־אֱלֹהִ֞ים אֲשֶׁר־עָבְד֣וּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֙ מֵעֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֔ר וְאִם֙ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֖ם יֹשְׁבִ֣ים בְּאַרְצָ֑ם וְאָנֹכִ֣י וּבֵיתִ֔י נַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾim raʿ bə-ʿênêkem la-ʿăbōd ʾet-YHWH baḥărû lākem ha-yôm ʾet-mî taʿăbōdûn ʾim ʾet-ʾĕlōhîm ʾăšer-ʿābdû ʾăbôtêkem ʾăšer mē-ʿēber ha-nāhār wə-ʾim ʾet-ʾĕlōhê hā-ʾĕmōrî ʾăšer ʾattem yōšbîm bə-ʾarṣām wə-ʾānōkî û-bêtî naʿăbōd ʾet-YHWH

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾim*: conjunction + conditional particle - and if/or
*raʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - evil/bad
*bə-ʿênêkem*: preposition + noun, dual construct + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - in your eyes
*la-ʿăbōd*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to serve
*baḥărû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - choose
*lākem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for yourselves
*ha-yôm*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the day/today
*ʾet-mî*: direct object marker + interrogative pronoun - whom
*taʿăbōdûn*: qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural (paragogic nun) - you will serve
*ʾim*: conditional particle - if/whether
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/that
*ʿābdû*: qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they served
*ʾăbôtêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your fathers
*mē-ʿēber*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from beyond/across
*ha-nāhār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the river
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - gods of
*hā-ʾĕmōrî*: definite article + proper noun - the Amorite
*ʾattem*: 2nd person masculine plural pronoun - you
*yōšbîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - dwelling/sitting
*bə-ʾarṣām*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their land
*wə-ʾānōkî*: conjunction + 1st person singular pronoun - and I
*û-bêtî*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and my house
*naʿăbōd*: qal imperfect, 1st person plural - we will serve

Word Meanings

*raʿ*: evil/bad/displeasing
*bə-ʿênêkem*: in your eyes/in your sight/in your opinion
*baḥărû*: choose/select/elect
*mē-ʿēber ha-nāhār*: from beyond the river/from Mesopotamia/from Euphrates region
*ʾĕmōrî*: Amorite/Canaanite peoples
*yōšbîm*: dwelling/sitting/inhabiting/living

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Judg 6:10 : 10 And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
Exod 23:24 : 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
Ruth 1:15-16 : 15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. 16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Exod 23:32-33 : 32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
John 6:67-68 : 67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve , Will ye also go away? 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
Ps 101:2 : 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Ezek 20:39 : 39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
Gen 18:19 : 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Deut 29:18 : 18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
Ps 119:111-112 : 111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
Exod 34:15 : 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
Deut 13:7 : 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

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