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JPS Old Testament

Joshua 24:24

And the people said unto Joshua: 'The LORD our God will we serve, and unto His voice will we hearken.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Covenant;   Decision;   Government;   Obedience;   Shechem;   Thompson Chain Reference - Covenant;   Covenants and Vows;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Obedience to God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Shechem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pillars;   Shechem (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Ebal;   Joshua;   Joshua, the Book of;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Shechem;   Smith Bible Dictionary - She'chem;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua (2);   Joshua, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shechem;   Teraphim;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey him.”
Hebrew Names Version
The people said to Yehoshua, the LORD our God will we serve, and to his voice will we listen.
King James Version
And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
Lexham English Bible
And the people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice."
English Standard Version
And the people said to Joshua, "The Lord our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey."
New Century Version
Then the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God, and we will obey him."
New English Translation
The people said to Joshua, "We will worship the Lord our God and obey him."
Amplified Bible
The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and we will listen to and obey His voice."
New American Standard Bible
And the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ye people saide vnto Ioshua, The Lord our God wil we serue, & his voyce wil we obey.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to His voice."
Contemporary English Version
The people said, "The Lord is our God, and we will worship and obey only him."
Complete Jewish Bible
The people answered Y'hoshua, "We will serve Adonai our God; we will pay attention to what he says."
Darby Translation
And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and to his voice will we hearken.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God. We will obey him."
George Lamsa Translation
And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
Good News Translation
The people then said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God. We will obey his commands."
Literal Translation
And the people said to Joshua, We will serve Jehovah our God, and we will listen to His voice.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the people sayde vnto Iosua: We wyll serue the LORDE oure God, and be obedient vnto his voyce.
American Standard Version
And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken.
Bible in Basic English
And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The people sayde vnto Iosuah: The Lorde our God will we serue, and his voyce will we obey.
King James Version (1611)
And the people saide vnto Ioshua; The Lord our God will we serue, and his voice will we obey.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the people said to Joshua, We will serve the Lord, and we will hearken to his voice.
English Revised Version
And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken.
Berean Standard Bible
So the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the puple seide to Josue, We schulen serue `oure Lord God, and we schulen be obedient to hise heestis.
Young's Literal Translation
And the people say unto Joshua, `Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.'
Update Bible Version
And the people said to Joshua, Yahweh our God we will serve, and to his voice we will listen.
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, Yahweh our God will we serve, and to his voice will we listen.
New King James Version
And the people said to Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!"
New Living Translation
The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God. We will obey him alone."
New Life Bible
The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God. We will obey His voice."
New Revised Standard
The people said to Joshua, "The Lord our God we will serve, and him we will obey."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the people said unto Joshua, - Yahweh our God, will we serve, and, unto his voice, will we hearken.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people said to Josue: We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his commandments.
Revised Standard Version
And the people said to Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey."
THE MESSAGE
The people answered Joshua, "We will worship God . What he says, we'll do."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and we will obey His voice."

Contextual Overview

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.' 16 And the people answered and said: 'Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; 17 for the LORD our God, He it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed; 18 and the LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites that dwelt in the land; therefore we also will serve the LORD; for He is our God.' 19 And Joshua said unto the people: 'Ye cannot serve the LORD; for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression nor your sins. 20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then He will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that He hath done you good.' 21 And the people said unto Joshua: 'Nay; but we will serve the LORD.' 22 And Joshua said unto the people: 'Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve Him.--And they said: 'We are witnesses.'-- 23 Now therefore put away the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD, the God of Israel.' 24 And the people said unto Joshua: 'The LORD our God will we serve, and unto His voice will we hearken.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 5:28, Deuteronomy 5:29

Reciprocal: Exodus 19:5 - if ye Exodus 19:8 - General Exodus 23:25 - And ye Judges 2:17 - which their 1 Kings 18:21 - if the Lord 2 Kings 23:3 - And all Psalms 119:57 - I have 2 Peter 1:15 - I will

Cross-References

Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Genesis 22:20
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying: 'Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor:
Genesis 22:23
And Bethuel begot Rebekah; these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Genesis 24:15
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the people said unto Joshua,.... A third time, that as by the mouth of two or three witnesses everything is confirmed, so by three testimonies of the same persons:

the Lord our God will we serve; as they had before declared, and to which they add:

and his voice will we obey; or his word, as the Targum, not only his word of command, but his essential Word, the Son of God.


 
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