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Bible in Basic English

And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice.

New American Standard Bible

The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and we will obey His voice.”

King James Version

And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

Holman Bible

So the people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey Him.”

International Standard Version

The people replied, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey his voice."

A Conservative Version

And the people said to Joshua, we will serve LORD our God, and we will hearken to his voice.

American Standard Version

And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken.

Amplified

The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and we will listen to and obey His voice.”

Darby Translation

And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and to his voice will we hearken.

Julia Smith Translation

And the people will say to Joshua, Jehovah our God we will serve, and to his voice will we hear.

King James 2000

And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice."

Modern King James verseion

And the people said to Joshua, We will serve Jehovah our God, and His voice we will obey.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the people answered Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve and his voice we will obey."

NET Bible

The people said to Joshua, "We will worship the Lord our God and obey him."

New Heart English Bible

The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God, and we will listen to his voice."

The Emphasized Bible

And the people said unto Joshua, - Yahweh our God, will we serve, and, unto his voice, will we hearken.

Webster

And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

World English Bible

The people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice."

Youngs Literal Translation

And the people say unto Joshua, 'Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

יהושׁע יהושׁוּע 
Y@howshuwa` 
Usage: 218

The Lord

Usage: 0

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

will we serve
עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

and his voice
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

References

Smith

Context Readings

The Israelites Promise To Serve Yahweh

23 Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel. 24 And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice. 25 So Joshua made an agreement with the people that day, and gave them a rule and a law in Shechem.


Cross References

Exodus 19:8

And all the people, answering together, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do. And Moses took back to the Lord the words of the people.

Exodus 24:3

Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.

Exodus 24:7

And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws.

Deuteronomy 5:27-29

Do you go near: and after hearing everything which the Lord our God has to say, give us an account of all he has said to you, and we will give ear, and do it.

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