23Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.


In Context

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

21 And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Jehovah.

22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

23 Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.

24 And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and to his voice will we hearken.

25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Joshua 24:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:23"Now then," said Joshua, "throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord , the God of Israel."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:23Now therefore put away, [said he,] the strange gods which [are] among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:23Now therefore put away,'said he , the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:23Now therefore, said he, put away strange gods from among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:23Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD, the God of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23Now therefore put away (said he) the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23|Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:23Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel.