Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Jehovah.
New American Standard Bible
The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord.”
King James Version
And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
Holman Bible
“No!” the people answered Joshua. “We will worship the Lord.”
International Standard Version
"No," the people replied to Joshua. "We will serve the LORD."
A Conservative Version
And the people said to Joshua, No, but we will serve LORD.
American Standard Version
And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve Jehovah.
Amplified
The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve [only] the Lord.”
Bible in Basic English
And the people said to Joshua, No! But we will be the servants of the Lord.
Julia Smith Translation
And the people will say to Joshua, Nay; but Jehovah we will serve.
King James 2000
And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the people said to Joshua, "No, we will serve Yahweh."
Modern King James verseion
And the people said to Joshua, No, but we will serve Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the people answered Joshua, "Nay, but we will serve the LORD."
NET Bible
The people said to Joshua, "No! We really will worship the Lord!"
New Heart English Bible
The people said to Joshua, "No; but we will serve the LORD."
The Emphasized Bible
But the people said unto Joshua, - Nay! but, Yahweh, will we serve.
Webster
And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the LORD.
World English Bible
The people said to Joshua, "No; but we will serve Yahweh."
Youngs Literal Translation
And the people saith unto Joshua, 'No, but Jehovah we do serve.'
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 24:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Israelites Promise To Serve Yahweh
20 If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 21 And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Jehovah. 22 And 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.
Cross References
Exodus 19:8
And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah has spoken will we do! And Moses brought the words of the people back to Jehovah.
Exodus 20:19
and said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Exodus 24:3
And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words that Jehovah has said will we do!
Exodus 24:7
And he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the ears of the people; and they said, All that Jehovah has said will we do, and obey!
Deuteronomy 5:27-28
Come thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God will say; and speak thou to us all that Jehovah our God will speak to thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
Deuteronomy 26:17
Thou hast this day accepted Jehovah to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and to hearken unto his voice;
Isaiah 44:5
One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand: I am Jehovah's, and surname himself by the name of Israel.