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Joshua 24:20

World English Bible

If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.”

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Joshua 24:20 in other translations

If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

Joshua 24:20 · American Standard Version

Joshua 24:20 in context

  1. 18Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God.”
  2. 19Joshua 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.
  3. 20If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.”
  4. 21The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve Yahweh.”
  5. 22Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him.”
    They said, “We are witnesses.”