You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, (A)inflicting the [a]punishment of the fathers on the children, [b]even on the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:9 I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing
  2. Deuteronomy 5:9 Or and on

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

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Never worship them or serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a God who does not tolerate rivals. I punish children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.

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