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
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 and if you leave him to serve foreign gods, he will turn against you and punish you. He will destroy you, even though he was good to you before. 21 The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord.” 22 Joshua replied: You are your own witnesses to the fact that you have chosen to serve Jehovah. They said: We are witnesses!
Cross References
Exodus 19:8
All the people answered together: We will do everything Jehovah has said. So Moses brought their answer back to Jehovah.
Exodus 20:19
They said to Moses: If you speak to us, we will listen. However, we are afraid that if God speaks to us, we will die.
Exodus 24:3
Moses told the people all Jehovah's words and legal decisions. Then all the people answered with one voice: We will do everything Jehovah told us to do.
Exodus 24:7
He took the book of the covenant, in which Jehovah's commandments were written, and read it aloud to the people. They said: We will obey Jehovah. We will do everything that he has commanded.
Deuteronomy 5:27-28
They spoke to Moses: 'Moses, go and listen to everything that Jehovah our God says. Then tell us whatever Jehovah our God tells you. We will listen and obey.'
Deuteronomy 26:17
You declared Jehovah to be your God today. You said you would walk in his ways and keep his statutes, his commandments and his ordinances, and listen to his voice.
Isaiah 44:5
One person will say: I belong to Jehovah. Another person will call himself by the name of Jacob. Still another will write on his hand: Jehovah's. And he will take the name Israel.'