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Wycliffe Bible

Joshua 24:24

And the puple seide to Josue, We schulen serue `oure Lord God, and we schulen be obedient to hise heestis.

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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the people said unto Joshua: 'The LORD our God will we serve, and unto His voice will we hearken.'
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."
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 But if it semeth yuel to you, `that ye serue the Lord, chesyng is youun to you; chese ye to you to dai that, that plesith, whom ye owen most to serue; whether to goddis, whiche youre fadris serueden in Mesopotanye, whether to the goddis of Ammorreis, in whose lond ye dwellen; forsothe Y, and myn hows schulen serue the Lord. 16 And al the puple answeride and seide, Fer be it fro vs that we forsake the Lord, and serue alien goddis. 17 `Oure Lord God hym silf ledde vs and oure fadris out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hows of seruage, and dide grete signes in oure siyt; and he kepte vs in al the weie, bi which we yeden, and in alle puplis, bi whiche we passiden; and he castide out alle folkis, 18 Ammorrei, the dwellere of the lond, in to which we entriden. Therfor we schulen serue the Lord, for he is `oure Lord God. 19 And Josue seide to the puple, Ye moun not serue the Lord; for God is hooli, and a strong feruent louyere, and he foryyueth not youre trespassis and synnes. 20 If ye forsaken the Lord, and seruen alien goddis, the Lord schal turne `hym silf, and schal turment you, and schal distrie, after that he hath youe goodis to you. 21 And the puple seide to Josue, It schal not be so, as thou spekist, but we schulen serue the Lord. 22 And Josue seide to the puple, Ye ben witnessis, that ye han chose the Lord to you, that ye serue him. And thei answeriden, We ben witnessis. 23 Therfor, he seide, Now do ye awei alien goddis fro the myddis of you, and bowe ye youre hertis to the Lord God of Israel. 24 And the puple seide to Josue, We schulen serue `oure Lord God, and we schulen be obedient to hise heestis.

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
Forsothe Abram and Nachor weddiden wyues; the name of the wijf of Abram was Saray, and the name of the wiif of Nachor was Melcha, the douyter of Aran, fadir of Melcha and fadir of Jescha.
Genesis 22:20
And so whanne these thingis weren don, it was teld to Abraham that also Melcha hadde bore sones to Nachor his brother;
Genesis 22:23
and Jedlaf, and Batuhel, of whom Rebecca was borun; Melcha childide these eiyte to Nachor brother of Abraham.
Genesis 24:15
And he hadde not yit fillid the wordis with ynne hym silf, and lo! Rebecca, the douytir of Batuel, sone of Melcha, wijf of Nachor, brothir of Abraham, yede out, hauynge a watir pot in hir schuldre;

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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