IRVUR
24. बल्कि हम ने इस ख़याल और ग़रज़ से यह किया कि कहीं आइन्दा ज़माना में तुम्हारी औलाद हमारी औलाद से यह न कहने लगे,' कि तुम को ख़ुदावन्द इस्राईल के ख़ुदा से क्या लेना है?
URV
24. بلکہ ہم نے اس خیال اور غرض سے یہ کیا کہ کہیں آیندہ زمانہ میں تمہاری اولاد ہماری اولاد سے یہ نہ کہنے لگے کہ تم کو خداوند اسرائیل کے خدا سے کیا لینا ہے ؟
KJV
24. And if we have not [rather] done it for fear of [this] thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
AMP
24. No! But we did it for 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?
KJVP
24. And if H518 W-PART we have not H3808 NADV [ rather ] done H6213 it H2063 DPRO for fear H1674 of [ this ] thing H1697 , saying H559 L-VQFC , In time to come H4279 NMS your children H1121 might speak H559 VQY3MP unto our children H1121 , saying H559 L-VQFC , What H4100 IPRO have ye to do with the LORD H3068 God H430 CDP of Israel H3478 LMS ?
YLT
24. `And if not, from fear of [this] thing we have done it, saying, Hereafter your sons do speak to ours sons, saying, What to you and to Jehovah God of Israel?
ASV
24. 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?
WEB
24. and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel?
NASB
24. We did it rather out of our anxious concern lest in the future your children should say to our children: 'What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
ESV
24. No, but we did it from 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?
RV
24. and if we have not {cf15i rather} out of carefulness done this, {cf15i 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?
RSV
24. Nay, but we did it from 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?
NKJV
24. "But in fact we have done it for fear, for a reason, saying, 'In time to come your descendants may speak to our descendants, saying, "What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel?
MKJV
24. And if we have not done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your sons might speak to our sons, saying, What have you to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel?
AKJV
24. 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?
NRSV
24. No! We did it from 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?
NIV
24. "No! We did it for fear that some day your descendants might say to ours,`What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
NIRV
24. "No! We built it because we were afraid. Someday your children might speak to our children. We were afraid they might say, 'What do you have to do with the Lord? What do you have to do with the God of Israel?
NLT
24. "The truth is, we have built this altar because we fear that in the future your descendants will say to ours, 'What right do you have to worship the LORD, the God of Israel?
MSG
24. "But that's not it. We did it because we cared. We were anxious lest someday your children should say to our children, 'You're not connected with GOD, the God of Israel!
GNB
24. No! We did it because we were afraid that in the future your descendants would say to ours, 'What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
NET
24. We swear we have done this because we were worried that in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, 'What relationship do you have with the LORD God of Israel?
ERVEN
24. Do you think we built this altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, and fellowship offerings? No, that is not why we built it. We were afraid that in the future your descendants would not accept us as part of your nation. Then they would say that we could not worship the Lord, the God of Israel.