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Choose Whom You Will Serve

Joshua 24:21

In 11 translations

BSB
“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”
KJV
And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
WEB
The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve Yahweh.”
ASV
And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve Jehovah.
LSV
And the people say to Joshua, “No, but we serve YHWH!”
YLT
And the people saith unto Joshua, 'No, but Jehovah we do serve.'
DBY
And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Jehovah.
DRC
And the people said to Josue: No, it shall not be so as thou sayest, but we will serve the Lord.
GNV
And the people saide vnto Ioshua, Nay, but we will serue the Lord.
JPS
And the people said unto Joshua: 'Nay; but we will serve the LORD.'
LXXE
And the people said to Joshua, Nay, but we will serve the Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הָעָ֖ם אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ לֹ֕א כִּ֥י אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה נַעֲבֹֽד׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ λαὸς πρὸς Ἰησοῦν, οὐχὶ, ἀλλὰ Κυρίῳ λατρεύσομεν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 44:5One 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.”
  • Exodus 19:8And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
  • Exodus 20:19“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
  • Deuteronomy 5:27–28Go 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.” And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard…
  • Exodus 24:3When 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 24:7Then 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 26:17Today 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.

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