Joshua 24 · Verse 22

Joshua 24:22

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
Joshua 24:22, King James Version

Joshua 24:22 in other translations

BSBThen Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
WEBJoshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD yourselves, to serve him.” They said, “We are witnesses.”
ASVAnd Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
YLTAnd Joshua saith unto the people, ‘Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, ‘Witnesses!')
DARBYAnd Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
BBEAnd Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have made the decision to be the servants of the Lord. And they said, We are witnesses.
WebsterAnd Joshua said to the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

What does Joshua 24:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 24:14-28

14-28. Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth--After having enumerated so many grounds for national gratitude, Joshua calls on them to declare, in a public and solemn manner, whether they will be faithful and obedient to the God of Israel. He avowed this to be his own unalterable resolution, and urged them, if they were sincere in making a similar avowal, "to put away the strange gods…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Ye are witnesses against yourselves - Ye have been sufficiently apprised of the difficulties in your way - of God's holiness - your own weakness and inconstancy - the need you have of Divine help, and the awful consequences of apostasy; and now ye deliberately make your choice. Remember then, that ye are witnesses against yourselves, and your own conscience will be witness, judge, and executioner; or, as one terms it, index, judex, vindex.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 24:15-28

It is essential that the service of God's people be performed with a willing mind. For LOVE is the only genuine principle whence all acceptable service of God can spring. The Father seeks only such to worship him, as worship him in spirit and in truth. The carnal mind of man is enmity against God, therefore, is not capable of such spiritual worship. Hence the necessity of being born again. But numbers rest in mere…

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Joshua 24:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָעָ֗םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
עֵדִ֤ים'e.Dim[are] witnessesH5707
אַתֶּם֙'a.TemyouH859
בָּכֶ֔םba.Khemon <the> yourselves
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
אַתֶּ֞ם'a.TemyouH859
בְּחַרְתֶּ֥םbe.char.Temyou have chosenH977
לָכֶ֛םla.Khemfor <the> yourselves
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לַעֲבֹ֣דla.'a.Vodto serveH5647
אוֹת֑וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
עֵדִֽים\׃'e.DimwitnessesH5707

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 24:22

  • Psalms 119:173

    Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

  • Psalms 119:11

    Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

  • Job 15:6

    Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Luke 10:42

    But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

  • Deuteronomy 26:17

    Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

  • Luke 19:22

    And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ye are witnesses.Ye have been sufficiently apprised of the difficulties in your way--of God's holiness, and the nature of his service--your own weakness, inconstancy, and insufficiency--your need of the Divine help, and the hope of assistance held out in the law--and the awful consequences of apostasy: and now ye make your choice. Remember then that ye are witnesses against yourselves; and your own conscience will be witness, judge, and executioner.
De 26:17; Job 15:6; Lu 19:22
ye have.
Ps 119:11,173; Lu 10:42

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joshua 24:21

    And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord.

  • Joshua 24:22

    And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

  • Joshua 24:23

    Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.

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Joshua 24:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Josué respondió al pueblo: Vosotros sois testigos contra vosotros mismos, de que os habéis elegido á Jehová para servirle. Y ellos respondieron: Testigos somos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Josué dit au peuple: Vous êtes témoins contre vous-mêmes que c’est vous qui vous êtes choisi l’ Éternel pour le servir. Et ils dirent: Nous en sommes témoins.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da sprach Josua zu dem Volke: Ihr seid Zeugen gegen euch, daß ihr selbst euch Jehova erwählt habt, um ihm zu dienen. Und sie sprachen: Wir sind Zeugen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et Josue ad populum: Testes, inquit, vos estis, quia ipsi elegeritis vobis Dominum ut serviatis ei. Responderuntque: Testes.