Sign in
Joshua 24:15 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Joshua 24:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 24:1535 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אִם֩wəʾim
and ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
רַ֨עraʿ
adversityadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
בְּֽ/עֵינֵי/כֶ֜םbəʿēynēykem
in view yourpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
לַ/עֲבֹ֣דlaʿăbōd
to servepronH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בַּחֲר֨וּbaḥărw
chooseverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
לָ/כֶ֣םlākem
pron
הַ/יּוֹם֮haywōm
this dayparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מִ֣יmiy
whom?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
תַעֲבֹדוּ/ן֒taʿăbōdwn
will you serve !verbH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אִ֣םʾim
whetherconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֱלֹהִ֞יםʾĕlōhiym
the godsnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
עָבְד֣וּʿābədw
they servedverbH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אֲבוֹתֵי/כֶ֗םʾăbwōtēykem
ancestors yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
אֲשֶׁר֙ʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
ב/עברbʿbr
beyondpronH5676
against · by · from · over ···
מֵ/עֵ֣בֶרmēʿēber
beyondpronH5676
against · by · from · over ···
הַ/נָּהָ֔רhanāhār
the riverparticleH5104
river
וְ/אִם֙wəʾim
and orconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֱלֹהֵ֣יʾĕlōhēy
the gods ofnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הָ/אֱמֹרִ֔יhāʾĕmōriy
the AmoritesparticleH567
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
whomparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אַתֶּ֖םʾatem
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
יֹשְׁבִ֣יםyōšəbiym
are dwellingverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
בְּ/אַרְצָ֑/םbəʾarəṣām
in land theirpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וְ/אָנֹכִ֣יwəʾānōkiy
and IconjH595
me · which
וּ/בֵיתִ֔/יwbēytiy
and household myconjH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
נַעֲבֹ֖דnaʿăbōd
we will serveverbH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
TV
Tobias van der BergNote1mo ago
Choosing Whom You Will Serve
Joshua draws a line. Not in a hostile way, but clearly: as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. He's not asking for a vote or consensus. He's not saying 'let's all think about this togethe...
1