Exodus 20:3
1 And God spoke all these words:
2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
You shall have no other gods before Me.
4 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You shall have no other gods before Me.
- KJV
- Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
- WEB
- “You shall have no other gods before me.
- ASV
- Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
- DARBY
- Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
- BLB
- You shall have no other gods before My face.
- ÅB
- Du skal ikke ha andre guder enn meg.
- OTB
- "Du skal ikke ha andre guder enn meg.
- B1930
- Du skal ikke ha andre guder foruten mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 5:7
You shall have no other gods before Me.
Read in contextMatthew 4:10
“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
Read in contextPsalms 81:9
There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
Read in contextIsaiah 46:9
Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:14
Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:6
Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’
Read in contextJoshua 24:18–24
And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
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