Verse List for JOS 22:24

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B I ◄ ← Jos 22:24 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) But no, we did it because we foresaw a potential problem: what if in the future, your descendants ask our descendants over here on this side of the river, ‘What do you lot have to do with Yisrael’s god Yahweh?

OET-LV And_if not from_anxiety from_a _matter we _have _done DOM this to_say tomorrow they _will _say descendants _of_your(pl) to_descendants _of_our to_say what is_to_you(pl) and_to_YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

ULT But if not from anxiety from a matter we did this, saying, ‘Tomorrow your sons might speak to our sons, saying, “What to you and to Yahweh, the God of Israel?

UST But that is not why we built this altar. We built it because we were afraid that your descendants might speak to our descendants at some future time and tell them that they had no right to worship Yahweh, the God whom Israelites worship.

BSB & MSB But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?

OEB Let the Lord himself punish us, if we did not do this in the fear that, later, descendants might say to our descendants, “What relationship do you have with the Lord the God of Israel?

WEBBE & WMBB “If we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, ‘In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, “What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?

NET We swear we have done this because we were worried that in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the Lord God of Israel?

LSV And nevertheless, we have done it from fear of [this] thing, saying, Hereafter your sons speak to our sons, saying, And what have you to [do with] YHWH God of Israel?

FBV We did this because we were worried that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you got to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

T4T “This is the reason that we built that altar: We were afraid/worried that some day your descendants would say that our descendants are not true Israelis. We were afraid that then they would say, ‘You are not allowed to worship Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship.

LEB But in fact, we have done this because of anxiety, because of a reason, saying, ‘In the future your children may say to our children, ‘_⌊What is the relationship between you and Yahweh the God of Israel_⌋?[fn]

BBE And if we have not, in fact, done this designedly and with purpose, having in our minds the fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

Moff Let the Eternal himself punish us, if we did not do this in the fear that, later, your sons might say to our sons, ‘What have you to do with the Eternal the God of Israel?

JPS and if we have not rather out of anxiety about a matter done this, saying: In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying: What have ye to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?

ASV and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel?

DRA And not rather with this thought and design, that we should say: Tomorrow your children will say to our children: What have you to do with the Lord the God of Israel?

YLT 'And if not, from fear of [this] thing we have done it, saying, Hereafter your sons do speak to ours sons, saying, What to you and to Jehovah God of Israel?

Drby and if we have not done it from fear of this thing, saying, In future your children will speak to our children, saying, What have ye to do with Jehovah the [fn]God of Israel?

RV and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
(and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye/you_all to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?)

SLT And if we did not do this from fear of the word, saying, To-morrow your sons will say to our sons, saying, What to you and to Jehovah the God of Israel.

Wbstr And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children may speak to our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?

KJB-1769 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?[fn]
(And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye/you_all to do with the LORD God of Israel?)

KJB-1611 And if we haue not rather done it for feare of this thing, saying, [fn]In time to come your children might speake vnto our children, saying, What haue you to doe with the LORD God of Israel?
(And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel?)

Bshps And yf we haue not rather done it for feare of this thyng, saying, In tyme to come your chyldren myght say vnto ours: What haue you to do with the Lorde God of Israel?
(And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might say unto ours: What have you to do with the Lord God of Israel?)

Gnva And if we haue not rather done it for feare of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might say vnto our children, What haue ye to doe with the Lord God of Israel?
(And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might say unto our children, What have ye/you_all to do with the Lord God of Israel?)

Cvdl And yf we haue not done it rather for very feare of this thinge, and sayde: To daye or tomorow mighte youre children saye vnto oure children: What haue ye to do with the LORDE the God of Israel?
(And if we have not done it rather for very fear of this thing, and said: To day or tomorow might your(pl) children say unto our children: What have ye/you_all to do with the LORD the God of Israel?)

Wycl and not more `bi that thouyt and tretyng that we seiden, Youre sones schulen seie `to morew to oure sones, What is to you and to the Lord God of Israel? Ye sones of Ruben,
(and not more by that thought and treting that we said, Your sons should say to morew to our sons, What is to you and to the Lord God of Israel? Ye/You_all sons of Ruben,)

Luth Und so wir‘s nicht vielmehr aus Sorge des Dinges getan haben und sprachen: Heute oder morgen möchten eure Kinder zu unsern Kindern sagen: Was gehet euch der HErr, der GOtt Israels, an?
(And so we/us not rather out_of worries(n) the thing did have and said: Today or morning want your(pl) children to/for ours children say: What goes you the/of_the LORD, the/of_the God Israel’s, at/to?)

ClVg et non ea magis cogitatione atque tractatu, ut diceremus: Cras dicent filii vestri filiis nostris: Quid vobis et Domino Deo Israël?
(and not/no them more thought and_yet tractatu, as to_saymus: Cras they_will_say children yours to_the_children ours: What to_you(pl) and Master to_God Israel?)

UHB וְ⁠אִם־לֹ֤א מִ⁠דְּאָגָה֙ מִ⁠דָּבָ֔ר עָשִׂ֥ינוּ אֶת־זֹ֖את לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר מָחָ֗ר יֹאמְר֨וּ בְנֵי⁠כֶ֤ם לְ⁠בָנֵ֨י⁠נוּ֙ לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר מַה־לָּ⁠כֶ֕ם וְ⁠לַֽ⁠יהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἀλλʼ ἕνεκεν εὐλαβείας ῥήματος ἐποιήσαμεν τοῦτο, λέγοντες, ἵνα μὴ εἴπωσιν αὔριον τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν τοῖς τέκνοις ἡμῶν, τί ὑμῖν Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ Ἰσραήλ;

BrTr But we have done this for the sake of precaution concerning this thing, saying, Lest [fn]hereafter your sons should say to our sons, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?