Joshua 24:16
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;
Webster's Revision
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;
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
Clarke's Joshua 24:16 Bible Commentary
God forbid that we should forsake the Lord - That they were now sincere cannot be reasonably doubted, for they served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and the elders that outlived him, Joshua 24:31; but afterwards they turned aside, and did serve other gods. "It is ordinary," says Mr. Trapp, "for the many-headed multitude to turn with the stream - to be of the same religion with their superiors: thus at Rome, in Diocletian's time, they were pagans; in Constantine's Christians; in Constantius's, Arians; in Julian's apostates, and in Jovinian's, Christians again! And all this within less than the age of a man. It is, therefore, a good thing that the heart be established with grace."
