KJV King James Version
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
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Exodus 19:8
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
All the people answered together, and said, “All that Yahweh has spoken we will do.” Moses reported the words of the people to Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people unto Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and all the people answer together and say, ‘All that Jehovah hath spoken we do;’ and Moses returneth the words of the people unto Jehovah.
Surrounding context — Exodus 19
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These [are] the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּעֲנ֨וּH6030 · unto dwellכָל־H3605 · kolallהָעָ֤םH5971 · ampeopleיַחְדָּו֙H3162 · ya.chadunitednessוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּH559 · a.marto sayכֹּ֛לH3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichדִּבֶּ֥רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDנַעֲשֶׂ֑הH6213 · a.sahto make: doוַיָּ֧שֶׁבH7725 · shuvto return: returnמֹשֶׁ֛הH4872 · mo.shehMosesאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דִּבְרֵ֥יH1697 · da.varwordהָעָ֖םH5971 · ampeopleאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Exodus 24:7And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.Exodus 24:3And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.Joshua 24:24And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.Nehemiah 10:29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;Exodus 20:19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.Deuteronomy 5:27-29Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear [it], and do [it].Deuteronomy 26:17-19Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
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