Parallel Verses

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.

Darby Translation

And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Jehovah.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

יהושׁע יהושׁוּע 
Y@howshuwa` 
Usage: 218

Nay but we will serve
עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

References

Smith

Context Readings

The Israelites Promise To Serve Yahweh

20 If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good." 21 The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord.” 22 Then Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD, to serve him." And they said, "We are witnesses."

Cross References

Exodus 19:8

All the people answered together and said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do." And Moses reported the words of the people to the LORD.

Exodus 20:19

and said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die."

Exodus 24:3

Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do."

Exodus 24:7

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient."

Deuteronomy 5:27-28

Go near and hear all that the LORD our God will say and speak to us all that the LORD our God will speak to you, and we will hear and do it.'

Deuteronomy 26:17

You have declared today that the LORD is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his rules, and will obey his voice.

Isaiah 44:5

This one will say, 'I am the LORD's,' another will call on the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, 'The LORD's,' and name himself by the name of Israel."

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