Joshua 24:19

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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.
  • Exod 23:21 : 21 Beware of him and obey his voice; do not provoke him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my name is in him.
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
  • Ps 99:5 : 5 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
  • Ps 99:9 : 9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
  • Isa 5:16 : 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God who is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
  • Exod 34:14 : 14 For you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
  • 1 Sam 6:20 : 20 And the men of Beth Shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? And to whom shall He go up from us?"
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord spoke, saying, 'I will be sanctified in those who come near Me, and before all the people I will be glorified.' And Aaron remained silent.
  • Exod 34:7 : 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
  • Lev 20:26 : 26 And you shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.
  • Josh 24:23 : 23 Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel.
  • Ruth 1:15 : 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 Sam 3:14 : 14 And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice or offering forever.
  • Isa 6:3-5 : 3 And one called to another and said, Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory. 4 And the posts of the door were shaken at the voice of the one who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 Then I said, Woe is me, for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, and He who formed them will show them no favor.
  • Isa 30:11 : 11 Get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
  • Isa 30:15 : 15 For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength: but you would not.
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil and cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously and hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a man more righteous than he?
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
  • Luke 14:25-33 : 25 And great multitudes went with him: and he turned, and said to them, 26 If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it? 29 Lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 Saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish. 31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends an envoy and desires conditions of peace. 33 So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be my disciple.
  • 1 Cor 10:20-22 : 20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons: you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the table of demons. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Similar Verses (AI)

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    20 If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after he has done you good.

    21 And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the LORD.

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

    23 Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel.

    24 And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

  • Josh 24:18
    78%

    18 And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites who lived in the land: therefore we will also serve the LORD; for he is our God.

  • Exod 34:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14 For you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

    15 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you, and you eat his sacrifice.

  • Deut 6:14-15
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    76%

    14 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people who are all around you;

    15 (For the LORD your God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD your God be kindled against you, and destroy you from the face of the earth.

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

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    9 You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

  • Exod 20:5
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    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 upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.

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    3 verses
    74%

    14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt; and serve the LORD.

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

    16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

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    4 You shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

  • Josh 9:23-24
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    23 Now therefore you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being servants, woodcutters, and water carriers for the house of my God.

    24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told to your servants how the LORD your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
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    35 The LORD made a covenant with them, and commanded them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them.

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    16 When you have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.

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    9 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here and hear the words of the LORD your God.

    10 And Joshua said, By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

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    7 That you do not come among these nations, those that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause anyone to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves down to them:

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    24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.

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    12 For they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

  • 1 Kgs 9:6
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    6 But if you or your children turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

  • Lev 19:4
    70%

    4 Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 7:16
    70%

    16 And you shall consume all the people which the LORD your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall have no pity on them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.

  • Exod 23:32
    70%

    32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

  • Josh 22:5
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    5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to cling to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • Josh 3:5
    70%

    5 And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

  • 2 Chr 7:19
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    19 But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which 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, Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us: it shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.

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    69%

    38 The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget; nor shall you fear other gods.

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    17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, mighty and awesome, who does not show partiality nor take a bribe:

  • Deut 31:3
    69%

    3 The LORD your God, he will go over before you, and he will destroy these nations before you, and you shall possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before you, as the LORD has said.

  • Deut 13:4
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    4 You shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and hold fast to him.

  • Deut 30:17
    69%

    17 But if your heart turns away, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

  • Josh 7:19
    69%

    19 And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray you, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.

  • Judg 2:21
    69%

    21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:

  • Josh 22:18-19
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    18 But that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? And it will be, seeing you rebel today against the LORD, that tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.

    19 If the land of your possession is unclean, then cross over to the land of the possession of the LORD, where the LORD’s tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but do not rebel against the LORD, nor rebel against us, by building for yourselves an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God.

  • Deut 8:19
    69%

    19 And it shall be, if you do at all forget the LORD your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.

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    20 You shall fear the LORD your God; him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast, and swear by his name.

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