Deuteronomy 5:18
16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
17 Thou shalt not kill.
Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
19 Neither shalt thou steal.
20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You shall not commit adultery.
- KJV
- Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
- WEB
- “You shall not commit adultery.
- ASV
- Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
- DARBY
- Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
- BLB
- And you shall not commit adultery.
- ÅB
- Og du skal ikke drive hor.
- OTB
- ‘Du skal ikke bryte ekteskapet.
- B1930
- Og du skal ikke drive hor.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 20:14
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Read in contextLuke 18:20
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
Read in contextMatthew 5:27–28
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Read in contextLeviticus 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Read in contextProverbs 6:32–33
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Read in contextJames 2:10–11
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
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