Deuteronomy 5:7
5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
6 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that 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 none 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 Me.
- ÅB
- Du skal ikke ha andre guder foruten 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
Exodus 20:3
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Read in contextMatthew 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.
Read in context1 John 5:21
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Read in contextJohn 5:23
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
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