Joshua 24:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJoshua 24:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּ֤י
kîy
H3588
that
תַֽעַזְבוּ֙
ʻâzab
H5800
to leave
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
אֱלֹהֵ֣י
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
נֵכָ֑ר
nêkâr
H5236
foreign
וְשָׁ֨ב
shûwb
H7725
to return
וְהֵרַ֤ע
râʻaʻ
H7489
to do evil
לָכֶם֙
וְכִלָּ֣ה
kâlâh
H3615
to finish
אֶתְכֶ֔ם
ʼêth
H853
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אַחֲרֵ֖י
ʼachar
H310
after
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הֵיטִ֥יב
yâṭab
H3190
to be good
לָכֶֽם
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World English Bible Public Domain
If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he has done you good.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
If you forsake Yahweh and serve the gods of the foreigner, then he will turn and do harm to you and finish you, after when he has done good to you.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).