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.
Exodus 19:8 in other translations
| BSB | And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD. |
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| WEB | All the people answered together, and said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do.” Moses reported the words of the people to the LORD. |
| ASV | 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 | 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. |
| DARBY | And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah has spoken will we do! And Moses brought the words of the people back to Jehovah. |
| BBE | And all the people, answering together, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do. And Moses took back to the Lord the words of the people. |
| Webster | 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 to the LORD. |
What does Exodus 19:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 19:7-8
7-8. Moses came and called for the elders of the people--The message was conveyed to the mighty multitude through their elders, who, doubtless, instructed them in the conditions required. Their unanimous acceptance was conveyed through the same channel to Moses, and by him reported to the Lord. Ah! how much self-confidence did their language betray! How little did they know what spirit they were of!
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 19:1-8
Moses was called up the mountain, and was employed as the messenger of this covenant. The Maker and first Mover of the covenant, is God himself. This blessed charter was granted out of God's own free grace. The covenant here mentioned was the national covenant, by which the Israelites were a people under the government of Jehovah. It was a type of the new covenant made with true believers in Christ Jesus; but, like…
Exodus 19:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 19:8
- Exodus 24:7
And 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 24:3
And 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 24:24
And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
- Nehemiah 10:29
They 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;
- Deuteronomy 5:27-29
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. And the Lord heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
- Exodus 20:19
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
- Deuteronomy 26:17-19
Thou 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: And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.
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Context
- Exodus 19:7
And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him.
- 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.
- Exodus 19:9
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.
Exodus 19:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y todo el pueblo respondió á una, y dijeron: Todo lo que Jehová ha dicho haremos. Y Moisés refirió las palabras del pueblo á Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tout le peuple ensemble répondit et dit: Tout ce que l’ Éternel a dit, nous le ferons. Et Moïse rapporta à l’ Éternel les paroles du peuple. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da antwortete das ganze Volk insgesamt und sprach: Alles, was Jehova geredet hat, wollen wir tun! Und Mose brachte die Worte des Volkes zu Jehova zurück. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Responditque omnis populus simul: Cuncta quæ locutus est Dominus, faciemus. Cumque retulisset Moyses verba populi ad Dominum, |