Joshua 24:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Joshua 24:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Joshua 24:15 in 6 Bible Translations

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Joshua 24:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.””

Joshua 24:15 — World English Bible

Joshua 24:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Joshua 24:15 — American Standard Version

Joshua 24:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'”

Joshua 24:15 — Young's Literal Translation

Joshua 24:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether thegods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or thegods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah. ”

Joshua 24:15 — Darby Translation

Joshua 24:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And if it seeme euill vnto you to serue the Lord, choose you this day whome yee will serue, whether the gods which your fathers serued (that were beyond the flood) or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwel: but I and mine house will serue the Lord.”

Joshua 24:15 — Geneva Bible

Joshua 24:15 in Context — Joshua 24

13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

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 flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

15 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.

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

17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

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What Does Joshua 24:15 Mean?

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