Psalms 81:9
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
- KJV
- There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
- WEB
- There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.
- ASV
- There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
- DARBY
- There shall no strange God be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign God.
- BLB
- There shall not be among you a strange god, and you shall not bow down to foreign god.
- ÅB
- Det skal ikke være noen fremmed gud hos deg, og du skal ikke tilbe utlendingens gud.
- OTB
- La det ikke være noen fremmed gud blant deg;
Du skal ikke bøye deg for en fremmed gud. - B1930
- Det skal ikke være nogen fremmed gud hos dig, og du skal ikke tilbede utlendingens gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 43:12
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:12
So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:5–6
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
Read in contextMalachi 2:11
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:14
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
Read in contextExodus 20:3–5
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Read in contextPsalms 44:20
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
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