Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you and make an end of you, after he has been good to you.” New Living Translation If you abandon the LORD and serve other gods, he will turn against you and destroy you, even though he has been so good to you.” English Standard Version If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good.” Berean Standard Bible If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.” King James Bible If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. New King James Version 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.” New American Standard Bible If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and destroy you after He has done good to you.” NASB 1995 “If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you after He has done good to you.” NASB 1977 “If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you after He has done good to you.” Legacy Standard Bible If you forsake Yahweh and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you after He has done good to you.” Amplified Bible If you do abandon (reject) the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume and destroy you after He has done you good.” Christian Standard Bible If you abandon the LORD and worship foreign gods, he will turn against you, harm you, and completely destroy you, after he has been good to you.” Holman Christian Standard Bible If you abandon the LORD and worship foreign gods, He will turn against you, harm you, and completely destroy you, after He has been good to you."” American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version If you turn your backs on the LORD and worship the gods of other nations, the LORD will turn against you. He will make terrible things happen to you and wipe you out, even though he had been good to you before. English Revised Version If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. GOD'S WORD® Translation If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you. He will destroy you, although he has been so good to you." Good News Translation and if you leave him to serve foreign gods, he will turn against you and punish you. He will destroy you, even though he was good to you before." International Standard Version If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign deities, then he will turn and do you harm, consuming you after all the good he has done for you." Majority Standard Bible If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.” NET Bible If you abandon the LORD and worship foreign gods, he will turn against you; he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, though he once treated you well." New Heart English Bible 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." Webster's Bible Translation If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 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.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWhen you forsake YHWH, and have served gods of a stranger, then He has turned back and done harm to you, and consumed you, after that He has done good to you.” Young's Literal Translation When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.' Smith's Literal Translation If ye shall forsake Jehovah and serve strange gods, and he turned back and did evil to you, and finished you after that he did good to you. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf you leave the Lord, and serve strange gods, he will turn, and will afflict you, and will destroy you after all the good he hath done you. Catholic Public Domain Version If you leave behind the Lord, and you serve foreign gods, he will turn himself, and he will afflict you, and he will overthrow you, after all the good that he has offered to you.” New American Bible If you forsake the LORD and serve strange gods, he will then do evil to you and destroy you, after having done you good.” New Revised Standard Version If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after having done you good.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf you forsake the LORD and serve strange gods of the land, then the LORD will turn and do you harm, and consume you after having been good to you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Will you forsake LORD JEHOVAH and will you serve other foreign gods of the land, and will LORD JEHOVAH turn to do evil to you and will he consume you after he did good to you?” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then He will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that He hath done you good.' Brenton Septuagint Translation Whensoever ye shall forsake the Lord and serve other gods, then he shall come upon you and afflict you, and consume you, because he has done you good. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Choose Whom You will Serve…19But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins. 20If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.” 21“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”… Cross References Judges 2:11-15 And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. / Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. ... Deuteronomy 31:16-18 And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them. / On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’ / And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods. 1 Samuel 12:10-12 Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’ / So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely. / But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king. 2 Kings 17:7-23 All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ... Jeremiah 2:19 Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts. Hosea 4:1-2 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. Isaiah 1:28 But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish. Ezekiel 18:24 But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die. 2 Chronicles 15:2 So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. Nehemiah 9:26-27 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Romans 1:21-25 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. ... 1 Corinthians 10:21-22 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. / Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He? Galatians 1:6-9 I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— / which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. / But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! ... Treasury of Scripture If you forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he has done you good. he will turn Joshua 23:12-15 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: … 1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 2 Chronicles 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. Jump to Previous Consume Consumed Cutting Disaster End Evil Harm Hurt Servants Serve Served Strange Stranger Turn Turned TurningJump to Next Consume Consumed Cutting Disaster End Evil Harm Hurt Servants Serve Served Strange Stranger Turn Turned TurningJoshua 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 If you forsake the LORD This phrase serves as a conditional warning to the Israelites. The Hebrew root for "forsake" is "עזב" (azab), which means to leave, abandon, or desert. Historically, the Israelites had a pattern of turning away from God, despite His continuous faithfulness. This warning is a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and His people, emphasizing the importance of loyalty and commitment. In a broader spiritual context, it calls believers to remain steadfast in their faith, recognizing the consequences of turning away from God. and serve foreign gods then He will turn and bring disaster upon you after He has been good to you Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you forsake תַֽעַזְבוּ֙ (ṯa·‘az·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and serve וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם (wa·‘ă·ḇaḏ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave foreign נֵכָ֑ר (nê·ḵār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5236: That which is foreign, foreignness gods, אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative He will turn וְשָׁ֨ב (wə·šāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again and bring disaster וְהֵרַ֤ע (wə·hê·ra‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad on you לָכֶם֙ (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew and consume וְכִלָּ֣ה (wə·ḵil·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent you, אֶתְכֶ֔ם (’eṯ·ḵem) Direct object marker | second person masculine plural Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case even after אַחֲרֵ֖י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition Strong's 310: The hind or following part He has been good הֵיטִ֥יב (hê·ṭîḇ) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing to you.” לָכֶֽם׃ (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew Links Joshua 24:20 NIVJoshua 24:20 NLT Joshua 24:20 ESV Joshua 24:20 NASB Joshua 24:20 KJV Joshua 24:20 BibleApps.com Joshua 24:20 Biblia Paralela Joshua 24:20 Chinese Bible Joshua 24:20 French Bible Joshua 24:20 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 24:20 If you forsake Yahweh and serve foreign (Josh. 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