^24:15If you have no desire³⁴ to worship³⁵ the Lord, choose today whom you will worship,³⁶ whether it be the gods whom your ancestors³⁷ worshiped³⁸ beyond the Euphrates,³⁹ or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family⁴⁰ will worship⁴¹ the Lord!”

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Joshua 24:15: “And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve … But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

Footnotes

34 Heb “if it is bad in your eyes.”
35 Or “to serve.”
36 Or “will serve.”
37 Heb “your fathers.”
38 Or “served.”
39 Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.
40 Heb “house.”
41 Or “will serve.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But if it doesn’t please you to worship the Lord, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship—the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living? As for me and my family, we will worship the Lord.”

NLTNew Living Translation

But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But if it is bad in your eyes to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you want to serve, whether it is the gods that your ancestors served beyond the river, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve Yahweh.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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