Joshua 24:19
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And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
In other translations
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua'JoshuaH3091אֶל־'el-toH413הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971לֹאlo'notH3808תוּכְלוּtukheluyou will be ableH3201לַעֲבֹדla'avodto serveH5647אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068כִּי־ki-forH3588אֱלֹהִים'elohim[is] a GodH430קְדֹשִׁיםkedoshimholyH6918הוּאhu'heH1931אֵל־'el-[is] a GodH410קַנּוֹאkano'jealousH7072הוּאhu'heH1931לֹא־lo'-notH3808יִשָּׂאyisa'he will forgiveH5375לְפִשְׁעֲכֶםlefish'akhemto transgression yourH6588וּלְחַטֹּאותֵיכֶם׃ulechatoteikhemand <to> sins yourH2403
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Related verses
- Exodus 23:21Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
- Isaiah 5:16But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
- Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
- Psalm 99:9Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
- Psalm 99:5Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
- 1 Samuel 6:20And the men of Beth–shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us?The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
- Leviticus 19:2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- Exodus 34:14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- Isaiah 6:3-53 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.3 And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.” 4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke. 5 Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
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