Joshua
Joshua 24:20
20If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you forsake | תַֽעַזְבוּ֙ | ṯa·‘az·ḇū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H5800 leave, forsake, loose |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| and serve | וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם | wa·‘ă·ḇaḏ·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H5647 work, serve |
| foreign | נֵכָ֑ר | nê·ḵār | Noun - masculine singular | H5236 that which is foreign, foreignness |
| gods | אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ’ĕ·lō·hê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H430 God |
| He will turn | וְשָׁ֨ב | wə·šāḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| and bring disaster | וְהֵרַ֤ע | wə·hê·ra‘ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H7489 be evil, bad |
| on you | לָכֶם֙ | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| and consume | וְכִלָּ֣ה | wə·ḵil·lāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent |
| you | אֶתְכֶ֔ם | ’eṯ·ḵem | Direct object marker; second person masculine plural | H853 mark of the accusative |
| even after | אַחֲרֵ֖י | ’a·ḥă·rê | Preposition | H310 behind |
| He has been good | הֵיטִ֥יב | hê·ṭîḇ | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing |
| to you | לָכֶֽם׃ | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Hebrews 10:26–27 · Ezekiel 18:24 · Acts 7:42 · Jeremiah 17:13 · 1 Chronicles 28:9 · Ezra 8:22 · Isaiah 1:28 · 2 Chronicles 15:2 · Isaiah 63:10 · Isaiah 65:11–12 · Hebrews 10:38 · Joshua 23:12–15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.