Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But the people said to Joshua, “No! We will serve the LORD.” New Living Translation But the people answered Joshua, “No, we will serve the LORD!” English Standard Version And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.” Berean Standard Bible “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!” King James Bible And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. New King James Version And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD!” New American Standard Bible And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.” NASB 1995 The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.” NASB 1977 And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.” Legacy Standard Bible And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve Yahweh.” Amplified Bible The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve [only] the LORD.” Christian Standard Bible “No! ” the people answered Joshua. “We will worship the LORD.” Holman Christian Standard Bible No!” the people answered Joshua. “We will worship the LORD.” American Standard Version And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve Jehovah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the people said to Yeshua: “For us there is no worship of another, but LORD JEHOVAH, he is the God we serve!” Brenton Septuagint Translation And the people said to Joshua, Nay, but we will serve the Lord. Contemporary English Version But the people shouted, "We won't worship any other gods. We will worship and obey only the LORD!" Douay-Rheims Bible And the people said to Josue: No, it shall not be so as thou sayest, but we will serve the Lord. English Revised Version And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation The people answered Joshua, "No! We will [only] serve the LORD!" Good News Translation The people said to Joshua, "No! We will serve the LORD." International Standard Version "No," the people replied to Joshua. "We will serve the LORD." JPS Tanakh 1917 And the people said unto Joshua: 'Nay; but we will serve the LORD.' Literal Standard Version And the people say to Joshua, “No, but we serve YHWH!” Majority Standard Bible “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!” New American Bible But the people answered Joshua, “No! We will serve the LORD.” NET Bible The people said to Joshua, "No! We really will worship the LORD!" New Revised Standard Version And the people said to Joshua, “No, we will serve the LORD!” New Heart English Bible The people said to Joshua, "No; but we will serve the LORD." Webster's Bible Translation 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.” Young's Literal Translation And the people saith unto Joshua, 'No, but Jehovah we do serve.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Choose Whom You will Serve…20If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.” 21“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!” 22Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.… Cross References Joshua 24:20 If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you." Joshua 24:22 Then Joshua told them, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD." "We are witnesses!" they said. Treasury of Scripture And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the LORD. Nay 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 24:3,7 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… Jump to Previous Joshua Servants ServeJump to Next Joshua Servants ServeJoshua 24 1. Joshua assembles the tribes at Shechem2. A brief history of God's benefits from Terah 14. He renews the covenant between them and God 26. A stone the witness of the covenant 29. Joshua's age, death, and burial 32. Joseph's bones are buried 33. Eleazar dies (21) Nay; but we will serve the Lord.--Being brought to the point, no other answer was possible. If they must give up Jehovah or the idols, the idols must go first. (22,23) Ye are witnesses . . . that ye have chosen you the Lord . . . Now therefore put away . . . the strange gods.--This was the practical conclusion to which Joshua desired that they should come. But we do not read that they did anything in obedience to these words. We read of no images being buried or burned, as in the days of Jacob by David (Genesis 35:4; 2Samuel 5:21). There is only a verbal promise: "The Lord our God will we serve, and His voice will we obey." Hebrew “No!”לֹ֕א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no replied וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say the people. הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock “We will serve נַעֲבֹֽד׃ (na·‘ă·ḇōḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave the LORD!” יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Joshua 24:21 NIVJoshua 24:21 NLT Joshua 24:21 ESV Joshua 24:21 NASB Joshua 24:21 KJV Joshua 24:21 BibleApps.com Joshua 24:21 Biblia Paralela Joshua 24:21 Chinese Bible Joshua 24:21 French Bible Joshua 24:21 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 24:21 The people said to Joshua No (Josh. Jos) |
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