约书亚记 24:15

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

如果你們認為事奉耶和華不好，那麼今日你們就可以選擇你們所要事奉的：是你們列祖在大河那邊事奉的神呢，還是你們現在所住亞摩利人之地的神呢？至於我和父家，我們必事奉耶和華。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
若 是 你 们 以 事 奉 耶 和 华 为 不 好 ， 今 日 就 可 以 选 择 所 要 事 奉 的 ： 是 你 们 列 祖 在 大 河 那 边 所 事 奉 的 　 神 呢 ？ 是 你 们 所 住 这 地 的 亚 摩 利 人 的 　 神 呢 ？ 至 於 我 和 我 家 ， 我 们 必 定 事 奉 耶 和 华 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ But if you don't want to serve the Lord , you must choose for yourselves today whom you will serve. You may serve the gods that your ancestors worshiped when they lived on the other side of the Euphrates River, or you may serve the gods of the Amorites who lived in this land. As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord ." ¹⁶ Then the people answered, "We will never stop following the Lord to serve other gods! ¹⁷ It was the Lord our God who brought our ancestors out of Egypt. We were slaves in that land, but the Lord did great things for us there. He brought us out and protected us while we traveled through other lands. ¹⁸ Then he forced out all the people living in these lands, even the Amorites. So we will serve the Lord , because he is our God." ¹⁹ Then Joshua said, "You are not able to serve the Lord , because he is a holy God and a jealous God. If you turn against him and sin, he will not forgive you. ²⁰ If you leave the Lord and serve other gods, he will send you great trouble. The Lord may have been good to you, but if you turn against him, he will destroy you." ²¹ But the people said to Joshua, "No! We will serve the Lord ." ²² Then Joshua said, "You are your own witnesses that you have chosen to serve the Lord ." The people said, "Yes, we are." ²³ Then Joshua said, "Now throw away the gods that you have. Love the Lord , the God of Israel, with all your heart." ²⁴ Then the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God, and we will obey him."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

choose: Ruth 1:15, Ruth 1:16, 1 Kings 18:21, Ezekiel 20:39, John 6:67

whether the gods: Joshua 24:14

or the gods: Exodus 23:24, Exodus 23:32, Exodus 23:33, Exodus 34:15, Deuteronomy 13:7, Deuteronomy 29:18, Judges 6:10

as for me: Genesis 18:19, Psalms 101:2, Psalms 119:106, Psalms 119:111, Psalms 119:112, John 6:68, Acts 11:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:2 - unto his Exodus 10:9 - We will go Exodus 16:4 - prove them Exodus 23:25 - And ye Leviticus 14:42 - General Deuteronomy 1:7 - the mount Deuteronomy 30:19 - choose life Joshua 5:1 - all the kings Joshua 22:5 - serve Joshua 24:2 - served other gods Ruth 1:8 - Go Ruth 2:4 - And they 1 Samuel 1:21 - General 2 Samuel 6:20 - bless 2 Samuel 15:8 - I will serve 1 Chronicles 1:14 - Amorite 1 Chronicles 16:43 - to bless 1 Chronicles 21:10 - choose 2 Chronicles 14:4 - commanded 2 Chronicles 30:8 - serve Ezra 5:11 - We are Esther 4:16 - I also Psalms 5:7 - But Psalms 17:15 - As Psalms 73:2 - But Psalms 105:7 - the Lord Psalms 119:8 - I will Psalms 119:30 - chosen Psalms 119:57 - I have Psalms 119:115 - for I will Psalms 119:173 - for Isaiah 43:9 - that they may Isaiah 56:4 - choose Malachi 3:18 - between him Matthew 6:24 - serve Matthew 12:30 - that is Matthew 27:17 - Whom Luke 10:42 - chosen Luke 16:13 - servant Acts 10:2 - with Acts 18:8 - believed Acts 21:5 - with Romans 6:16 - to whom Galatians 4:8 - ye did Ephesians 6:4 - but 1 Timothy 3:4 - ruleth Revelation 3:15 - thou

Cross-References

Genesis 11:27
This is the family history of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.

Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.

Genesis 24:18
Rebekah said, "Drink, sir." She quickly lowered the jar from her shoulder and gave him a drink.

Genesis 24:19
After he finished drinking, Rebekah said, "I will also pour some water for your camels."

Genesis 24:20
So she quickly poured all the water from her jar into the drinking trough for the camels. Then she kept running to the well until she had given all the camels enough to drink.

Genesis 24:23
He asked, "Who is your father? Is there a place in his house for me and my men to spend the night?"

Genesis 24:24
Rebekah answered, "My father is Bethuel, the son of Milcah and Nahor."

Genesis 24:36
Sarah, my master's wife, gave birth to a son when she was old, and my master has given everything he owns to that son.

Genesis 24:40
But he said, ‘I serve the Lord , who will send his angel with you and will help you. You will get a wife for my son from my family and my father's people.

Genesis 24:45
"Before I finished my silent prayer, Rebekah came out of the city with her water jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and got water. I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord,.... Irksome and troublesome, a burden, a weariness, and not a pleasure and delight:

choose you this day whom you will serve; say if you have found a better master, and whose service will be more pleasant and profitable:

whether the gods your fathers served, that [were] on the other side of the flood; the river Euphrates; these may bid rid rest for antiquity, but then they were such their fathers had relinquished, and for which undoubtedly they had good reason; and to take up with the worship of these again was to impeach their wisdom, judgment, and good sense:

or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but then these were such as could not preserve their worshippers in the land, or the Israelites had not dwelt in it, and therefore no dependence could be had upon them for future security. The Amorites are only mentioned, because they were a principal nation, some of which dwelt on one side Jordan, and some on the other, and indeed there were of them in the several parts of the land:

but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord; be your choice as it may be: this was the resolution of Joshua, and so far as he knew the sense of his family, or had influence over it, could and did speak for them; and which he observes as an example set for the Israelites to follow after; he full well knowing that the examples of great personages, such as governors, supreme and subordinate, have great influence over those that are under them,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Choose - Service of God in sincerity and truth can only result from a free and willing allegiance of the heart. This accordingly is what Joshua invites, as Moses had done before him (Deuteronomy 30:15 ff).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 24:15. Choose you this day whom ye will serve — Joshua well knew that all service that was not free and voluntary could be only deceit and hypocrisy, and that God loveth a cheerful giver. He therefore calls upon the people to make their choice, for God himself would not force them - they must serve him with all their heart if they served him at all. As for himself and family, he shows them that their choice was already fixed, for they had taken JEHOVAH for their portion.