Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel! New Living Translation “Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen to me! English Standard Version Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! Berean Standard Bible Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me! King James Bible Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; New King James Version “Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you! O Israel, if you will listen to Me! New American Standard Bible “Hear, My people, and I will admonish you; Israel, if you would listen to Me! NASB 1995 “Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me! NASB 1977 “Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me! Legacy Standard Bible Hear, O My people, and I will testify against you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me! Amplified Bible “Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you— O Israel, if you would listen to Me! Christian Standard Bible Listen, my people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to me! Holman Christian Standard Bible Listen, My people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to Me! American Standard Version Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me! Aramaic Bible in Plain English Hear my people and I shall speak, and Israel, I shall testify of you if you will hear me. Brenton Septuagint Translation Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel; and I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me; Contemporary English Version "Listen, my people, while I, the Lord, correct you! Israel, if you would only pay attention to me! Douay-Rheims Bible Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me, English Revised Version Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me! GOD'S WORD® Translation Listen, my people, and I will warn you. Israel, if you would only listen to me! Good News Translation Listen, my people, to my warning; Israel, how I wish you would listen to me! International Standard Version Listen, My people and I will warn you. Israel, if only you would obey me! JPS Tanakh 1917 Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me! Literal Standard Version Hear, O My people, and I testify to you, | O Israel, if you listen to me: Majority Standard Bible Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me! New American Bible ‘Listen, my people, I will testify against you Selah If only you will listen to me, Israel! NET Bible I said, 'Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me! New Revised Standard Version Hear, O my people, while I admonish you; O Israel, if you would but listen to me! New Heart English Bible "Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me. Webster's Bible Translation Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee; O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me; World English Bible “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me! Young's Literal Translation Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Sing for Joy to God, Our Strength…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 8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me! 9There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.… Cross References Psalm 50:7 "Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God. Psalm 81:13 If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways, Psalm 95:7 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice, Treasury of Scripture Hear, O my people, and I will testify to you: O Israel, if you will listen to me; hear Psalm 50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. Deuteronomy 32:46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. Isaiah 55:3,4 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David… if thou wilt Psalm 81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. Deuteronomy 5:27 Go 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. Jump to Previous Admonish Ear Hear Hearken Israel Testify Warn Wilt Word WouldestJump to Next Admonish Ear Hear Hearken Israel Testify Warn Wilt Word WouldestPsalm 81 1. An exhortation to a solemn praising of God4. God challenges that duty by reason of his benefits 8. God, exhorting to obedience, complains of their disobedience, which proves their own hurt. (8) Hear, O my people.--The Divine voice here repeats the warnings so frequently uttered during the desert-wandering.Verse 8. - Hear, O my people (comp. vers. 11, 13). Israel is still "God's people," however rebellious (vers. 11, 12). God has not yet given them up. And I will testify unto thee; or, "protest unto thee" (Kay, Cheyne). O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; or, "if thou wouldst but hearken unto me!" Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Hear,שְׁמַ֣ע (šə·ma‘) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently O My people, עַ֭מִּי (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and I will warn you: וְאָעִ֣ידָה (wə·’ā·‘î·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 5749: To duplicate, repeat, to protest, testify, to encompass, restore O Israel, יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc if only אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you would listen תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־ (tiš·ma‘-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently to Me! לִֽי׃ (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew Links Psalm 81:8 NIVPsalm 81:8 NLT Psalm 81:8 ESV Psalm 81:8 NASB Psalm 81:8 KJV Psalm 81:8 BibleApps.com Psalm 81:8 Biblia Paralela Psalm 81:8 Chinese Bible Psalm 81:8 French Bible Psalm 81:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 81:8 Hear my people and I will testify (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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