Exodus 34:14

God's will and calling Praise and worship

¹² Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

¹³ But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

¹⁵ Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

¹⁶ And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
KJV: For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
WEB: for you shall worship no other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
ASV: for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
DARBY: For thou shalt worship no other God; for Jehovah Jealous is his name is a jealous God;
BLB: For you shall worship no other god, for YHWH, Jealous [is] his name, is a jealous God.

ÅB: Du skal ikke tilbe noen fremmed gud; for Herren heter Nidkjær, en nidkjær Gud er han.
OTB: Tjen ingen annen gud, for Herren, hvis navn er Nidkjær, er en Gud som krever udelt hengivenhet.
B1930: Du skal ikke tilbede nogen fremmed gud; for Herren heter Nidkjær, en nidkjær Gud er han.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 4:24
For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
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Deuteronomy 32:21
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
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1 Corinthians 10:22
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
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Matthew 4:10
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
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Nahum 1:2
God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
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Exodus 20:3–5
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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Deuteronomy 29:20
The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
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Deuteronomy 6:15
(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
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