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Joshua 23:11–12

11 vBe very careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God. 12 For if you turn back and cling to the remnant of these nations remaining among you wand make marriages with them, so that you associate with them and they with you,

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Joshua 23:11–12 — The New International Version (NIV)

11 So be very careful to love the Lord your God.

12 “But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them and associate with them,

Joshua 23:11–12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God. 12 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:

Joshua 23:11–12 — New Living Translation (NLT)

11 So be very careful to love the Lord your God.

12 “But if you turn away from him and cling to the customs of the survivors of these nations remaining among you, and if you intermarry with them,

Joshua 23:11–12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

11 Therefore take careful heed to yourselves, that you love the Lord your God. 12 Or else, if indeed you do go back, and cling to the remnant of these nations—these that remain among you—and make marriages with them, and go in to them and they to you,

Joshua 23:11–12 — New Century Version (NCV)

11 So you must be careful to love the Lord your God.

12 “If you turn away from the way of the Lord and become friends with these people who are not part of Israel and marry them,

Joshua 23:11–12 — American Standard Version (ASV)

11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God. 12 Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you;

Joshua 23:11–12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

11 Take great heed therefore unto your souls, that ye love Jehovah your God. 12 For if ye in any wise go back, and cleave unto the residue of these nations, these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and come in unto them and they unto you:

Joshua 23:11–12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

11 Be very careful to love the Lord your God. 

12 “But if you turn away and go along with the other nations within your ⸤borders⸥, if you intermarry with them or associate with them,

Joshua 23:11–12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11 So be very diligent to love the Lord your God for your own well-being. 12 For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations remaining among you, and if you intermarry or associate with them and they with you,

Joshua 23:11–12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

11 Be very careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God. 12 For if you turn back, and join the survivors of these nations left here among you, and intermarry with them, so that you marry their women and they yours,

Joshua 23:11–12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

11 Take utmost care for the sake of your life to love Yahweh your God, 12 for if indeed you turn back and join these remaining nations among you, and you intermarry with them, marrying their women and they yours,

Joshua 23:11–12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

11 So be very careful to love the Lord your God.

12 “But suppose you turn away from him. You mix with the people who are left alive in the nations that remain among you. Later, you and they get married to each other. And you do other kinds of things with them.

Joshua 23:11–12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

11 “So take diligent heed to yourselves to love the Lord your God.

12 “For if you ever go back and cling to the rest of these nations, these which remain among you, and intermarry with them, so that you associate with them and they with you,


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