Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And the people answer and say, 'Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;
New American Standard Bible
The people answered and said, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods;
King James Version
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
Holman Bible
The people replied, “We will certainly not abandon the Lord to worship other gods!
International Standard Version
In response, the people said, "Far be it from us that we should abandon the LORD to serve other gods,
A Conservative Version
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake LORD, to serve other gods.
American Standard Version
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;
Amplified
The people answered, “Far be it from us to abandon (reject) the Lord to serve other gods;
Bible in Basic English
Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;
Darby Translation
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;
Julia Smith Translation
An the people will answer and say, Woe to us forsaking Jehovah to serve other gods;
King James 2000
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the people answered and said, "Far be it from us that we would forsake Yahweh to serve other gods,
Modern King James verseion
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah to serve other gods.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the people answered and said, "God forbid that we should forsake the LORD and serve strange gods.
NET Bible
The people responded, "Far be it from us to abandon the Lord so we can worship other gods!
New Heart English Bible
The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
The Emphasized Bible
Then responded the people, and said, Far be it from us, that we should forsake Yahweh, - to serve other gods;
Webster
And the people answered, and said, Be it far from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
World English Bible
The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;
Interlinear
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Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 24:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Israelites Promise To Serve Yahweh
15 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 are beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house -- we serve Jehovah.' 16 And the people answer and say, 'Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods; 17 for Jehovah our God is He who is bringing us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants, and who hath done before our eyes these great signs, and doth keep us in all the way in which we have gone, and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed;
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Cross References
1 Samuel 12:23
'I, also, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way;
Romans 3:6
let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?
Romans 6:2
let it not be! we who died to the sin -- how shall we still live in it?
Hebrews 10:38-39
and 'the righteous by faith shall live,' and 'if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'