Exodus 20:2-6
English Standard Version
2 (A)“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
3 (B)“You shall have no other gods before[a] me.
4 (C)“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 (D)You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am (E)a jealous God, (F)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands[b] of those who love me and keep my commandments.
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- Exodus 20:3 Or besides
- Exodus 20:6 Or to the thousandth generation
Exodus 20:2-6
New International Version
2 “I am the Lord your God,(A) who brought you out(B) of Egypt,(C) out of the land of slavery.(D)
3 “You shall have no other gods before[a] me.(E)
4 “You shall not make for yourself an image(F) in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship(G) them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,(H) punishing the children for the sin of the parents(I) to the third and fourth generation(J) of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand(K) generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
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- Exodus 20:3 Or besides
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