Exodus 20:3-5
King James Version
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1And God spake all these words, saying,Select Exodus 20:1
2I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.Select Exodus 20:2
3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.Select Exodus 20:3
4Thou shalt not make unto 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 water under the earth:Select Exodus 20:4
5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to 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;Select Exodus 20:5
6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.Select Exodus 20:6
7Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.Select Exodus 20:7
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WEB
20:3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
20:4 “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
20:5 you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
ASV
20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
20:5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
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