Joshua 24:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²¹ ‘No! ’ the people answered Joshua. ‘We will worship the Lord.’

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve Jehovah.

Common English Bible

²¹ Then the people said to Joshua, “No! The LORD is the one we will serve.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And the people said to Joshua, "By no means will it be as you are saying, but we will serve the Lord."

Joshua 24:21 Cross References

Exodus 19:8

Then all the people responded together, ‘We will do all that the Lord has spoken.’  So Moses brought the people’s words back to the Lord.

Exodus 20:19

‘You speak to us, and we will listen,’ they said to Moses, ‘but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.’

Exodus 24:3

Moses came and told the people all the commands of the Lord and all the ordinances. Then all the people responded with a single voice, ‘We will do everything that the Lord has commanded.’

Exodus 24:7

He then took the covenant scroll and read it aloud to the people. They responded, ‘We will do and obey all that the Lord has commanded.’

Isaiah 44:5

This one will say, “I am the  Lord’s”; another will use the name of Jacob; still another will write on his hand, “The  Lord’s”, and take on the name of Israel.’

Deuteronomy 26:17

Today you have affirmed that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, commands, and ordinances, and obey him.

Joshua 24:20

If you abandon the Lord and worship foreign gods, he will turn against you, harm you, and completely destroy  you, after he has been good to you.’

Joshua 24:22

Joshua then told the people, ‘You are witnesses against yourselves that you yourselves have chosen to worship the Lord.’ ‘We are witnesses,’ they said.