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Bible in Basic English

For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice!

New American Standard Bible

For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you would hear His voice,

King James Version

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

Holman Bible

For He is our God,
and we are the people of His pasture,
the sheep under His care.


Today, if you hear His voice:

International Standard Version

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the flock in his care. If only you would listen to his voice today,

A Conservative Version

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, O that ye would hear his voice!

American Standard Version

For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!

Amplified


For He is our God
And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice,

Darby Translation

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. To-day if ye hear his voice,

Julia Smith Translation

For he is our God, and we the people of his feeding and the sheep of his hand. This day if ye will, hear to his voice.

King James 2000

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if you will hear his voice,

Lexham Expanded Bible

For he [is] our God, and we [are] the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. {Today} if you will hear his voice:

Modern King James verseion

For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. Today if you will hear His voice,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hands.

NET Bible

For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!

New Heart English Bible

for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice.

The Emphasized Bible

For, he, is our God, And, we, are the people of his pasture, and the flock of his hand? To-day, if, to his voice, ye will hearken,

Webster

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, if ye will hear his voice,

World English Bible

for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!

Youngs Literal Translation

For He is our God, and we the people of His pasture, And the flock of His hand, To-day, if to His voice ye hearken,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For he is our God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

and we are the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

מרעית 
Mir`iyth 
Usage: 10

and the sheep
צאון צאןo 
Tso'n 
Usage: 274

of his hand
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

To day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

if ye will hear
שׁמע 
Shama` 
Usage: 1158

References

Easton

Morish

Context Readings

A Call To Worship And Obey

6 O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker. 7 For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice! 8 Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;


Cross References

Hebrews 3:15

As it is said, Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, as when you made him angry.

Hebrews 4:7

After a long time, again naming a certain day, he says in David, Today (as he had said before), Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart,

Psalm 74:1

Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?

Exodus 15:2

The Lord is my strength and my strong helper, he has become my salvation: he is my God and I will give him praise; my father's God and I will give him glory.

Exodus 20:2

I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

Psalm 23:1

The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

Psalm 67:6

The earth has given her increase; and God, even our God, will give us his blessing.

Psalm 115:3

But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

Proverbs 8:6

Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

Isaiah 40:10-11

See, the Lord God will come as a strong one, ruling in power: see, those made free by him are with him, and those whom he has made safe go before him.

Isaiah 55:3

Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Ezekiel 34:30-31

And they will be certain that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, the children of Israel, are my people, says the Lord.

Matthew 3:2-3

Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

John 10:3-4

The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.

John 10:14-16

I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,

Acts 20:28

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

Hebrews 3:7-11

And so, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you let his voice come to your ears,

Hebrews 3:13

But give comfort to one another every day as long as it is still Today; so that no one among you may be made hard by the deceit of sin:

Hebrews 11:16

But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.

1 Peter 2:25

Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

Revelation 3:20

See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.

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