Joshua 22:24
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel?
American King James Version (AKJV)
And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel?
American Standard Version (ASV)
and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel?
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And if we have not, in fact, done this designedly and with purpose, having in our minds the fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?
Webster's Revision
And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children may speak to our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
World English Bible
"If we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, 'In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, "What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel?
English Revised Version (ERV)
and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
Clarke's Joshua 22:24 Bible Commentary
For fear of this thing - The motive that actuated us was directly the reverse of that of which we have been suspected.
Wesley's Joshua 22:24 Bible Commentary
22:24 With the Lord - You have no relation to him, nor interest in him, or his worship.