Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey him.” New Living Translation The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God. We will obey him alone.” English Standard Version And the people said to Joshua, “The LORD our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey.” Berean Standard Bible So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.” King James Bible And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. New King James Version And the people said to Joshua, “The LORD our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!” New American Standard Bible And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.” NASB 1995 The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and we will obey His voice.” NASB 1977 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and we will obey His voice.” Legacy Standard Bible And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to His voice.” Amplified Bible The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and we will listen to and obey His voice.” Christian Standard Bible So the people said to Joshua, “We will worship the LORD our God and obey him.” Holman Christian Standard Bible So the people said to Joshua, “We will worship the LORD our God and obey Him.” American Standard Version And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken. Contemporary English Version The people said, "The LORD is our God, and we will worship and obey only him." English Revised Version And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken. GOD'S WORD® Translation The people replied to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey him." Good News Translation The people then said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God. We will obey his commands." International Standard Version The people replied, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey his voice." Majority Standard Bible So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.” 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." Webster's Bible Translation 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.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the people say to Joshua, “We serve our God YHWH, and we listen to His voice.” Young's Literal Translation And the people say unto Joshua, 'Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.' Smith's Literal Translation And the people will say to Joshua, Jehovah our God we will serve, and to his voice will we hear. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the people said to Josue: We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his commandments. Catholic Public Domain Version And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his precepts.” New American Bible Then the people promised Joshua, “We will serve the LORD, our God, and will listen to his voice.” New Revised Standard Version The people said to Joshua, “The LORD our God we will serve, and him we will obey.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the people said to Yeshua: “We serve LORD JEHOVAH our God, and to his voice we will listen” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the people said unto Joshua: 'The LORD our God will we serve, and unto His voice will we hearken.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And the people said to Joshua, We will serve the Lord, and we will hearken to his voice. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Choose Whom You will Serve…23“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.” 24So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.” 25On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.… Cross References Exodus 19:8 And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD. Exodus 24:3 When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.” Exodus 24:7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” Deuteronomy 5:27 Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.” Deuteronomy 26:17 Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice. 1 Samuel 12:10 Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’ 2 Kings 23:3 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant. 2 Chronicles 34:31 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. Nehemiah 10:29 hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord. Psalm 119:57 The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. Isaiah 44:5 One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.” Jeremiah 42:5-6 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us. / Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God!” Matthew 4:10 “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’” Matthew 22:37 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ Luke 1:74-75 deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear, / in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives. Treasury of Scripture And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. Deuteronomy 5:28,29 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken… Jump to Previous Ear Hearken Joshua Obey Servants Serve VoiceJump to Next Ear Hearken Joshua Obey Servants Serve VoiceJoshua 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 The people said This phrase indicates a collective response from the Israelites. In the Hebrew text, "the people" is "הָעָם" (ha'am), which refers to the entire community of Israel. This collective voice underscores the unity and shared commitment of the Israelites at this pivotal moment. Historically, this reflects a significant moment of covenant renewal, where the people reaffirm their dedication to God, reminiscent of earlier covenants made by their ancestors. to Joshua We will serve the LORD our God and we will obey His voice Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So the peopleהָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock said וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Joshua, יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites “We will serve נַעֲבֹ֔ד (na·‘ă·ḇōḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave the LORD יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel our God אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and obey נִשְׁמָֽע׃ (niš·mā‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently His voice.” וּבְקוֹל֖וֹ (ū·ḇə·qō·w·lōw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6963: A voice, sound Links Joshua 24:24 NIVJoshua 24:24 NLT Joshua 24:24 ESV Joshua 24:24 NASB Joshua 24:24 KJV Joshua 24:24 BibleApps.com Joshua 24:24 Biblia Paralela Joshua 24:24 Chinese Bible Joshua 24:24 French Bible Joshua 24:24 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 24:24 The people said to Joshua We will (Josh. 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