King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
Complete Jewish Bible:
"'Hear, my people, while I give you warning! Isra'el, if you would only listen to me!
Berean Standard Bible:
Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
American Standard Version:
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Hear{H8085}{H8798)}, O my people{H5971}, and I will testify{H5749}{H8686)} unto thee: O Israel{H3478}, if thou wilt hearken{H8085}{H8799)} unto me;
Cross-References (KJV):
Psalms 50:7
- ¶ Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God.
John 3:11
- Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Isaiah 1:19
- If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
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.
Psalms 81:13
- Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!
1 John 5:9
- If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
John 3:32
- And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
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Commentary for Psalms 81:8
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H8085
There are 1072 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁמַע
Transliteration: shâmaʻ
Pronunciation: shaw-mah'
Description: a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness. - Strong's Number: H5971
There are 1654 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עַם
Transliteration: ʻam
Pronunciation: am
Description: from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people. - Strong's Number: H5749
There are 40 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עוּד
Transliteration: ʻûwd
Pronunciation: ood
Description: a primitive root; to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication); admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call (take) to record, relieve, rob, solemnly, stand upright, testify, give warning, (bear, call to, give, take to) witness. - Strong's Number: H3478
There are 2229 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl
Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'
Description: from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.