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Psalms 81:8
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
- KJV
- Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
- WEB
- “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!
- ASV
- Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
- LSV
- Hear, O My people, and I testify to you, || O Israel, if you listen to me:
- YLT
- Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:
- DBY
- Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
- DRC80:9
- Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me,
- GNV
- Heare, O my people, and I wil protest vnto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken vnto me,
- JPS81:9
- Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!
- LXXE80:9
- Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel; and I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me;
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Original-language editions
- WLC81:9
- שְׁמַ֣ע עַ֭מִּי וְאָעִ֣ידָה בָּ֑ךְ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם־תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־לִֽי׃KJV:Ps.81.8
- LXX-Br80:9
- Ἄκουσον λαός μου καὶ λαλήσω σοι, Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ διαμαρτύρομαί σοι· ἐὰν ἀκούσῃς μου,
Who and where
◆ Nation of Israel
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 50:7“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
- John 3:11Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
- Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases…
- 1 John 5:9Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.
- Isaiah 55:3–4Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David. Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and…
- John 3:32–33He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony. Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
- Isaiah 1:19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
- Psalms 81:13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
- Deuteronomy 5:27Go 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.”
- Acts 20:21testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Deuteronomy 32:46he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 81:9 in some Bibles
- 81:8 in most Bibles