Exodus 20:2-4
Good News Translation
2 “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you were slaves.
3 “Worship no god but me.
4 (A)“Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth.
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Exodus 20:2-4
New King James Version
2 (A)“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, (B)out of the house of [a]bondage.
3 (C)“You shall have no other gods before Me.
4 (D)“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—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;
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- Exodus 20:2 slaves
Exodus 20:2-4
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.
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- Exodus 20:3 Or besides
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