Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

But the people said unto Joshua, - Nay! but, Yahweh, will we 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."

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 When ye forsake Yahweh, and serve the gods of a stranger, then will he turn, and inflict on you calamity, and consume you, after that he hath dealt well with you. 21 But the people said unto Joshua, - Nay! but, Yahweh, will we serve. 22 Then said Joshua unto the people - Witnesses, are ye, against yourselves, that, ye yourselves, have chosen you Yahweh, to serve him. And they said: Witnesses!


Cross References

Exodus 19:8

And all the people responded together and said, All that Yahweh hath spoken, will we do. And Moses took back the words of the people, unto Yahweh.

Exodus 20:19

And they said unto Moses, Speak, thou, with us, and we will hear, - but let not God speak with us lest we die.

Exodus 24:3

So Moses came, and recounted to the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the regulations, and all the people responded with one voice and said, All the words which Yahweh hath spoken, will we do.

Exodus 24:7

then took he the book of the covenant, and read in the ears of the people. And they said, All that Yahweh hath spoken, will we do, and will hearken,

Deuteronomy 5:27-28

Go, thou, near, and hear, all that Yahweh our God shall say, - so shalt thou speak unto us, all that Yahweh our God shall speak unto thee and we will hear and do.

Deuteronomy 26:17

Thou hast avowed to-day that Yahweh, shall be, thy God, and that thou wilt walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his regulations and wilt hearken unto his voice.

Isaiah 44:5

This one, will say Yahweh's, am I, and That one, will call himself by the name of Jacob, and Yonder one will write on his hand - Yahweh's, And after the name of Israel, will one entitle himself.

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