Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the people answered Joshua, "Nay, but we will serve the LORD."
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 24:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Israelites Promise To Serve Yahweh
20 But when ye have forsaken the LORD and have served strange gods, he will turn and do you evil and consume you, after that he hath done you good." 21 And the people answered Joshua, "Nay, but we will serve the LORD." 22 Then Joshua said unto the folk, "Ye are witnesses unto yourselves, that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him." And they said, "We are witnesses."
Cross References
Exodus 19:8
And the people answered all together and said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do." And Moses brought the words of the people unto the LORD.
Exodus 20:19
And when the people saw it, they removed and stood afar off and said unto Moses, "Talk thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God talk with us, lest we die."
Exodus 24:3
And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the laws. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words which the LORD hath said, will we do."
Exodus 24:7
And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear."
Deuteronomy 5:27-28
Go thou and hear all that the LORD our God sayeth, and tell thou unto us all that the LORD our God sayeth unto thee, and we will hear it and do it.'
Deuteronomy 26:17
Thou hast set up the LORD this day to be thy God and to walk in his ways and to keep his ordinances, his commandments and his laws, and to hearken unto his voice.
Isaiah 44:5
One will say, "I am the LORD's." Another will call under the name of Jacob. The third shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and give himself under the name of Israel.