Psalm 81:8 “Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would li…”

Psalm 81:8

Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

World English Bible

“Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

American Standard Version

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

Geneva Bible 1599

Heare, O my people, and I wil protest vnto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken vnto me,

Darby Translation

Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

Young's Literal Translation

Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:

Bible in Basic English

Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!

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Cross references

“Hear”

Psalm 50:7 John 3:11 1 John 5:9 Deuteronomy 32:46 Acts 20:21 Isaiah 55:3

Psalm 50:7 · BSB

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

John 3:11 · BSB

Truly, 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.

1 John 5:9 · BSB

Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.

Deuteronomy 32:46 · BSB

he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

Acts 20:21 · BSB

testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 55:3 · BSB

Incline 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.

“if thou wilt”

Exodus 15:26 Isaiah 1:19 Psalm 81:13 Deuteronomy 5:27

Exodus 15:26 · BSB

saying, “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 I…

Isaiah 1:19 · BSB

If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

Psalm 81:13 · BSB

If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

Deuteronomy 5:27 · BSB

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.”

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

In context

7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

9There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.

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