Joshua 24:21 ““No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!””

Joshua 24:21

“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And the people saide vnto Ioshua, Nay, but we will serue the Lord.

Darby Translation

And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

And the people saith unto Joshua, 'No, but Jehovah we do serve.'

Bible in Basic English

And the people said to Joshua, No! But we will be the servants of the Lord.

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Cross references

“Nay”

Exodus 19:8 Exodus 20:19 Isaiah 44:5 Exodus 24:3 Exodus 24:7 Deuteronomy 26:17

Exodus 19:8 · BSB

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 20:19 · BSB

“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

Isaiah 44:5 · BSB

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.”

Exodus 24:3 · BSB

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 · BSB

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 26:17 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.”

22Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.

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