Joshua 24:15
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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.But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
In other translations
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.But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
Hebrew words
וְאִםve'imand ifH518רַעra'is displeasingH7489בְּעֵינֵיכֶםbe'eineikhemin view yourH5869לַעֲבֹדla'avodto serveH5647אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068בַּחֲרוּbacharuchooseH977לָכֶםlakhemfor <the> yourselvesהַיּוֹםhaiyomthis dayH3117אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853מִיmiwhom?H4310תַעֲבֹדוּןta'avodunwill you serve !H5647אִם'imwhetherH518אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֱלֹהִים'elohim[the] godsH430אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834עָבְדוּ'aveduthey servedH5647אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם'avoteikhemancestors yourH1אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834מֵעֵבֶרme'ever[were] from [the] other side ofH5676הַנָּהָרhanaharthe riverH5104וְאִםve'imand orH518אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֱלֹהֵי'elohei[the] gods ofH430הָאֱמֹרִיha'emorithe Amorite[s]H567אֲשֶׁר'asherwhomH834אַתֶּם'atemyouH859יֹשְׁבִיםyoshevim[are] dwellingH3427בְּאַרְצָםbe'artzamin land theirH776וְאָנֹכִיve'anokhiand IH595וּבֵיתִיuveitiand household myH1004נַעֲבֹדna'avodwe will serveH5647אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְהוָה׃ פyahwehYahwehH3068
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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