Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods! New Living Translation The people replied, “We would never abandon the LORD and serve other gods. English Standard Version Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods, Berean Standard Bible The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods! King James Bible And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; New King James Version So the people answered and said: “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods; New American Standard Bible The people answered and said, “Far be it from us that we would abandon the LORD to serve other gods; NASB 1995 The people answered and said, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods; NASB 1977 And the people answered and said, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods; Legacy Standard Bible And the people answered and said, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh to serve other gods; Amplified Bible The people answered, “Far be it from us to abandon (reject) the LORD to serve other gods; Christian Standard Bible The people replied, “We will certainly not abandon the LORD to worship other gods! Holman Christian Standard Bible The people replied, “We will certainly not abandon the LORD to worship 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; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And all of the people answered and they said: “God forbid us that we would forsake LORD JEHOVAH and we would serve other gods Brenton Septuagint Translation And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, so as to serve other gods. Contemporary English Version The people answered: We could never worship other gods or stop worshiping the LORD. Douay-Rheims Bible And the people answered, and said: God forbid we should leave the Lord, and serve strange gods. English Revised Version And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; GOD'S WORD® Translation The people responded, "It would be unthinkable for us to abandon the LORD to serve other gods. Good News Translation The people replied, "We would never leave the LORD to serve 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, JPS Tanakh 1917 And the people answered and said: 'Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; Literal Standard Version And the people answer and say, “Far be it from us to forsake YHWH, to serve other gods; Majority Standard Bible The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods! New American Bible But the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods. NET Bible The people responded, "Far be it from us to abandon the LORD so we can worship other gods! New Revised Standard Version Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods; New Heart English Bible The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; Webster's Bible Translation 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; Young's Literal Translation And the people answer and say, 'Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Choose Whom You will Serve…15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!” 16The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods! 17For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.… Cross References Joshua 24:15 But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!" Joshua 24:17 For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled. Treasury of Scripture And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; 1 Samuel 12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: Romans 3:6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? Romans 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Jump to Previous Servants ServeJump to Next Servants ServeJoshua 24 1. Joshua assembles the tribes at Shechem2. A brief history of God's benefits from Terah 14. He renews the covenant between them and God 26. A stone the witness of the covenant 29. Joshua's age, death, and burial 32. Joseph's bones are buried 33. Eleazar dies (16) God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods.--The feelings of the people are naturally shocked by the bare mention of apostasy. They will not forsake Jehovah on any account. But their answer only betrayed their want of intelligence. They missed the point of Joshua's argument, as may be seen by his reply.Verse 16. - And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord. There could be no doubt of the sincerity of the people at that moment. The only doubt is that afterwards expressed by Joshua, whether the feeling were likely to be permanent. The best test of sincerity is not always the open hostility of foes, for this very often braces up the energies to combat, while at the same time it makes the path of duty clear. Still less is it the hour of triumph over our foes, for then there is no temptation to rebel. The real test of our faithfulness to God is in most cases our power to continue steadfastly in one course of conduct when the excitement of conflict is removed, and the enemies with which we have to contend are the insidious allurements of ease or custom amid the common place duties of life. Thus the Israelites who, amid many murmurings and backslidings, kept faithful to the guidance of Moses in the wilderness, and who followed with unwavering fidelity the banner of Joshua in Palestine, succumbed fatally to the temptations of a life of peace and quietness after his death. So too often does the young Christian, who sets out on his heavenward path with earnest desires and high aspirations, who resists successfully the temptations of youth to unbelief or open immorality, fall a victim to the more insidious snares of compromise with a corrupt society, and instead of maintaining a perpetual warfare with the world, rejecting its principles and despising its precepts, sinks down into a life of ignoble ease and self indulgence, in the place of a life of devotion to the service of God. He does not east off God's service, he does not reject Him openly, but mixes up insensibly with His worship the worship of idols which He hates. Such persons halt between two opinions, they strive to serve two masters, and the end, like that of Israel, is open apostasy and ruin. For "God forbid" see Joshua 22:29. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The peopleהָעָם֙ (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock replied, וַיַּ֤עַן (way·ya·‘an) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6030: To answer, respond “Far be it from us חָלִ֣ילָה (ḥā·lî·lāh) Interjection | third person feminine singular Strong's 2486: For, a profaned thing, far be it! to forsake מֵעֲזֹ֖ב (mê·‘ă·zōḇ) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit the LORD יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel to serve לַעֲבֹ֖ד (la·‘ă·ḇōḏ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave other אֲחֵרִֽים׃ (’ă·ḥê·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other gods! אֱלֹהִ֥ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links Joshua 24:16 NIVJoshua 24:16 NLT Joshua 24:16 ESV Joshua 24:16 NASB Joshua 24:16 KJV Joshua 24:16 BibleApps.com Joshua 24:16 Biblia Paralela Joshua 24:16 Chinese Bible Joshua 24:16 French Bible Joshua 24:16 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 24:16 The people answered Far be it (Josh. 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