Joshua 23
- 1A long time after that the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua grew old and stricken in age.
- 2And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and stricken in age:
- 3And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you. For the Lord your God is he who has fought for you.
- 4I have divided to you by lot these nations who remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea westward.
- 5And the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight. You shall possess their land, as the Lord your God has promised to you.
- 6So be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you do not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left.
- 7That you do not come among these nations, these that remain among you. Do not mention the names of their gods, or make anyone swear by them, or serve them, or bow yourselves to them:
- 8But cling to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.
- 9For the Lord has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day.
- 10One man of you shall chase a thousand. For the Lord your God, he it is that fights for you, as he has promised you.
- 11Be very careful, therefore, that you love the Lord your God.
- 12Else if you do in any way go back, and cling to the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall marry among them, and they among you:
- 13Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you. But they shall be snares and traps to you, and whips in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
- 14And this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you. All are happen to you, and not one thing has failed of it.
- 15Therefore it will happen, that as all good things have come on you, which the Lord your God promised you. So shall the Lord bring on you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
- 16When you have broken the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them. Then shall the anger of the Lord burn against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Joshua 23 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
GIGAKJVA long time after that the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua grew old and stricken in age.
KJVAnd Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
GIGAKJVAnd Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and stricken in age:
KJVAnd ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you.
GIGAKJVAnd you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you. For the Lord your God is he who has fought for you.
KJVBehold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
GIGAKJVI have divided to you by lot these nations who remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea westward.
KJVAnd the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto you.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight. You shall possess their land, as the Lord your God has promised to you.
KJVBe ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
GIGAKJVSo be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you do not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left.
KJVThat ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
GIGAKJVThat you do not come among these nations, these that remain among you. Do not mention the names of their gods, or make anyone swear by them, or serve them, or bow yourselves to them:
KJVBut cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.
GIGAKJVBut cling to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.
KJVFor the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
GIGAKJVFor the Lord has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day.
KJVOne man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
GIGAKJVOne man of you shall chase a thousand. For the Lord your God, he it is that fights for you, as he has promised you.
KJVTake good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.
GIGAKJVBe very careful, therefore, that you love the Lord your God.
KJVElse if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
GIGAKJVElse if you do in any way go back, and cling to the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall marry among them, and they among you:
KJVKnow for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
GIGAKJVKnow for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you. But they shall be snares and traps to you, and whips in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
KJVAnd, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
GIGAKJVAnd this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you. All are happen to you, and not one thing has failed of it.
KJVTherefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
GIGAKJVTherefore it will happen, that as all good things have come on you, which the Lord your God promised you. So shall the Lord bring on you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
KJVWhen ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
GIGAKJVWhen you have broken the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them. Then shall the anger of the Lord burn against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.
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