Then the people answered, “God forbid that we ever leave the LORD to serve other gods!
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
The people answered, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods;
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;
And the people responded, and they said: "Far be it from us that we would forsake the Lord, and serve foreign gods.
And the people answered, and said: God forbid we should leave the Lord, and serve strange gods.