Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And the people saith unto Joshua, 'No, but Jehovah we do serve.'

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."

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 When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.' 21 And the people saith unto Joshua, 'No, but Jehovah we do serve.' 22 And Joshua saith unto the people, 'Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, 'Witnesses!')

Cross References

Exodus 19:8

and all the people answer together and say, 'All that Jehovah hath spoken we do;' and Moses returneth the words of the people unto Jehovah.

Exodus 20:19

and say unto Moses, 'Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'

Exodus 24:3

And Moses cometh in, and recounteth to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments, and all the people answer -- one voice, and say, 'All the words which Jehovah hath spoken we do.'

Exodus 24:7

and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, 'All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.'

Deuteronomy 5:27-28

Draw near thou, and hear all that which Jehovah our God saith, and thou, thou dost speak unto us all that which Jehovah our God speaketh unto thee, and we have hearkened, and done it.

Deuteronomy 26:17

Jehovah thou hast caused to promise to-day to become thy God, and to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes, and His commands, and His judgments, and to hearken to His voice.

Isaiah 44:5

This one saith, For Jehovah I am, And this calleth himself by the name of Jacob, And this one writeth with his hand, 'For Jehovah,' and by the name of Israel surnameth himself.

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