Joshua 24:15

“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of Joshua 24:15

And if it seeme euill vnto you to serue the Lord, choose you this day whome you will serue, whether the gods which your fathers serued that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose lande ye dwell: but as for mee and my house, we will serue the Lord.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original Joshua chapter 24

"If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.
- Basic English Bible

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
- Darby Bible

But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.
- Douay Rheims Bible

And if it seemeth evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
- Webster's Bible

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."
- World English Bible

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.'
- Youngs Literal Bible

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

yusuf A kundi's comment on 2015-09-14 14:22:27:

joshua knew and believed that god is the only saviour and the only light of his house. that is why he said, as for me and my house, we will serve the lord. thank u.

MockingBird's comment on 2015-09-01 07:41:15:

As for me and my house : also , we will serve the Lord : This is a daily choice : Every day we have to make a choice : God gave us a free will : He wants us to want to serve and love Him : I make the choice to love and serve Him : Praise God forever more : I love Him more now that when I first started out with Him : He is sooooo Goooood to me : God is Good God !!!!!

Uju's comment on 2015-07-27 01:36:10:

The people of Israel kept playing the harlot with other gods and Joshua must have been so moved to tears by their actions and was brought to the state of making the proclamations of the Joshua 24:15. Well on behalf of my family, I join Joshua in proclaiming that me and my family will serve the living God in Jesus name Amen.

Brianna's comment on 2014-12-19 03:27:40:

A very powerful scripture that brings honor and glory to the one and only true God. However, it is upsetting to read these other translations that mask God 's name with "LORD ". That takes away the power behind Joshua 's word all together. He was allowing individuals to choose if they would serve the false gods of their day such as BA 'al or would they serve the only true God, Jehovah.

okafor's comment on 2014-06-04 11:02:26:

Joshua chose for himself and his family the ONE and only TRUE GOD who has brought them from slavery to the promise land by his Mighty power. To HIM the I AM all worship be forever. Amen.

dharam's comment on 2014-06-04 05:12:53:

As true believers we must choose to serve God diligently and also get rid of every form of idolatry from our lives. Remember an idol is anything that we allow to take the place of God in our lives.

Don Wade's comment on 2014-03-22 04:35:39:

Plaques with this scripture leave out the part about the flood in order to shorten it I have it on my wall and had forgotten the full meaning Thank you for a fine job

Tisha's comment on 2013-09-09 21:31:23:

Joshua knew the one and true God, He was saying without saying that man has a free will, and more or less is telling the people if they choose these other so called other gods that would be a foolish decision. And he let them know it was thier own choose. But he chose the one and only true God along with his family. I think he said this in hopes people would hear him and make the right choose,as Joshua did. I believe God used Joshua by his testimony and probably many followed the right choose because of it.

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