Parallel Verses

King James Version

And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.

New American Standard Bible

The people said to Joshua, “No, 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

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 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.


Cross References

Exodus 19:8

And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

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

And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

Exodus 24:7

And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

Deuteronomy 5:27-28

Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

Deuteronomy 26:17

Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

Isaiah 44:5

One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

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