Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version "You shall have no other gods before me. New Living Translation “You must not have any other god but me. English Standard Version “You shall have no other gods before me. Berean Study Bible You shall have no other gods before Me. New American Standard Bible "You shall have no other gods before Me. New King James Version “You shall have no other gods before Me. King James Bible Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Christian Standard Bible Do not have other gods besides me. Contemporary English Version Do not worship any god except me. Good News Translation "Worship no god but me. Holman Christian Standard Bible Do not have other gods besides Me. International Standard Version You are to have no other gods besides me. NET Bible "You shall have no other gods before me. New Heart English Bible Do not have other gods before me. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Never have any other god. JPS Tanakh 1917 Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. New American Standard 1977 “You shall have no other gods before Me. King James 2000 Bible You shall have no other gods before me. American King James Version You shall have no other gods before me. American Standard Version Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou shalt have no other gods beside me. Douay-Rheims Bible Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. Darby Bible Translation Thou shalt have no other gods before me. English Revised Version Thou shalt have none other gods before me. Webster's Bible Translation Thou shalt have no other gods before me. World English Bible "You shall have no other gods before me. Young's Literal Translation 'Thou hast no other Gods before Me. Study Bible The Ten Commandments…2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3You shall have no other gods before Me. 4You shall not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens above, on the earth beneath, or in the waters below.… Cross References Exodus 15:11 Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You--majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders? Exodus 20:23 You are not to make any gods to rival Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold. Exodus 32:8 How quickly they have turned aside from the way I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, 'O Israel, this is your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'" Exodus 34:14 For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. Deuteronomy 5:7 You shall have no other gods before Me. Deuteronomy 6:14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you. 2 Kings 17:35 For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, "Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them. Psalm 81:9 There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god. Isaiah 42:8 I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not give My glory to another or My praise to idols. Jeremiah 7:9 Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, Jeremiah 25:6 Do not follow other gods to serve them and to worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.' Jeremiah 35:15 Time and time again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: 'Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.' But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me. Hosea 13:4 Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me. Treasury of Scripture You shall have no other gods before me. Exodus 15:11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Deuteronomy 5:7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. Deuteronomy 6:5,14 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might… Lexicon Youלְךָ֛֩ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew shall have יִהְיֶֽה־ (yih·yeh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be no לֹֽ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no other אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other gods אֱלֹהִ֥֨ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative before עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against Me. פָּנָֽ֗יַ (pā·nā·ya) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face (3) Thou shalt have no other gods before me.--Heb., There shalt be to thee no other god before me. The result is the same, whether we translate Elohim by "god" or "gods;" but the singular verb shows that the plural form of the name is a mere plural of dignity. Before me--literally, before my face--means strictly, "side by side with me"--i.e., "in addition to me." God does not suppose that the Israelites, after all that He had done for them, would discard Him, and substitute other gods in His place, but fears the syncretism which would unite His worship with that of other deities. All polytheisms were syncretic, and readily enlarged their pantheons, since, when once the principle of unity is departed from, whether the plurality be a little greater or a little less cannot much signify. The Egyptian religion seems to have adopted Ammon at a comparatively late period from Arabia; it took Bar, or Baal, Anta, or Ana?tis, Astaret, or Astarte, Reshpu, or Reseph, &c., from Syria, and it admitted Totuu from Ethiopia. Israel, in after-times, fell into the same error, and, without intending to apostatise from Jehovah, added on the worship of Baal, Ashtoreth, Moloch, Chemosh, Remphan, &c. It is this form of polytheism against which the first commandment is directed. It asserts the sole claim of Jehovah to our religious regards. Verse 3. - Thou shalt have. The use of the second person singular is remarkable when a covenant was being made with the people (Exodus 19:5). The form indicated that each individual of the nation was addressed severally, and was required himself to obey the law, a mere general national obedience being insufficient. No one can fail to see how much the commands gain in force, through all time, by being thus addressed to the individual conscience. No other gods before me. "Before me" literally, "before my face," is a Hebrew idiom, and equivalent to "beside me," "in addition to me." The commandment requires the worship of one God alone, Jehovah - the God who had in so ninny ways manifested himself to the Israelites, and implies that there is, in point of fact, no other God. A belief in the unity of God is said to lie at the root of the esoteric Egyptian religion; but Moses can scarcely have derived his belief from this source, since the Egyptian notions on the subject were tinged with pantheism and materialism, from which the religion of Moses is entirely free. Outwardly the Egyptian religion, like that of the nations of Western Asia generally, was a gross polytheism; and it is against polytheistic notions that the first commandment raises a protest.Jump to Previous GodsJump to Next GodsLinks Exodus 20:3 NIVExodus 20:3 NLT Exodus 20:3 ESV Exodus 20:3 NASB Exodus 20:3 KJV Exodus 20:3 Bible Apps Exodus 20:3 Biblia Paralela Exodus 20:3 Chinese Bible Exodus 20:3 French Bible Exodus 20:3 German Bible Alphabetical: before gods have me no other shall You OT Law: Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before (Exo. Ex) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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