KJV King James Version
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
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Joshua 24:27
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
WEB World English Bible
Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joshua saith unto all the people, ‘Lo, this stone is against us for a witness, for it hath heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He hath spoken with us, and it hath been against you for a witness, lest ye lie against your God.’
Surrounding context — Joshua 24
24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that [was] by the sanctuary of the LORD.
27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, [being] an hundred and ten years old.
30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which [is] in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
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וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)כָּל־H3605 · kolallהָעָ֗םH5971 · ampeopleהִנֵּ֨הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdהָאֶ֤בֶןH68 · e.venstoneהַזֹּאת֙H2063 · zotthisתִּֽהְיֶה־H1961 · ha.yahto beבָּ֣נוּH9035 · nuusלְעֵדָ֔הH5713 · e.dahwitnessכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforהִ֣יאH1931 · huhe/she/itשָׁמְעָ֗הH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearאֵ֚תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallאִמְרֵ֣יH561 · e.merwordיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichדִּבֶּ֖רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakעִמָּ֑נוּH5973 · imwithוְהָיְתָ֤הH1961 · ha.yahto beבָכֶם֙H9036 · khemyouלְעֵדָ֔הH5713 · e.dahwitnessפֶּֽן־H6435 · penlestתְּכַחֲשׁ֖וּןH3584 · ka.chashto deceiveבֵּאלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃H430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
Luke 19:40And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.Joshua 22:34And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar [Ed]: for it [shall be] a witness between us that the LORD [is] God.Matthew 10:33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.Joshua 22:27-28But [that] it [may be] a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.Deuteronomy 31:26Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.Isaiah 1:2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.1 Samuel 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.2 Timothy 2:12-13If we suffer, we shall also reign with [him]: if we deny [him], he also will deny us:Proverbs 30:9Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].Deuteronomy 31:21And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.Job 31:23For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong [your] days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.Titus 1:16They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.Genesis 31:44-52Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.Deuteronomy 31:19Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:Revelation 3:8I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
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