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Good News Translation

Deuteronomy 5:7

"‘Worship no god but me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Decalogue;   God Continued...;   Idolatry;   Law;   Obedience;   Table;   Worship;   Scofield Reference Index - Law of Moses;   Thompson Chain Reference - Commandments;   Decalogue, the;   Law;   Ten Commandments;   The Topic Concordance - Bowing;   Commandment;   God;   Hate;   Idolatry;   Love;   Mercy;   Obedience;   Service;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Idolatry;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy;   Execution;   Exodus;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Ethics;   Evil;   Idol, Idolatry;   Law;   Ten Commandments;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Law;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Baptism of Fire;   Ethics;   High Place;   Law, Ten Commandments, Torah;   Pentateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;   Law;   Ten Commandments;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Numbers (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Encampment at Sinai;   Events of the Encampment;   Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gods;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Decalogue;   Palmyra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall have no other gods before me.
King James Version
Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
Lexham English Bible
There shall not be for you other gods besides me.
English Standard Version
"‘You shall have no other gods before me.
New Century Version
"You must not have any other gods except me.
New English Translation
You must not have any other gods besides me.
Amplified Bible
'You shall have no other gods before Me.
New American Standard Bible
'You shall have no other gods besides Me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt haue none other gods before my face.
Legacy Standard Bible
‘You shall have no other gods before Me.
Contemporary English Version
Do not worship any god except me.
Complete Jewish Bible
ב "‘You are to have no other gods before me.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Easy-to-Read Version
‘You must not worship any other gods except me.
George Lamsa Translation
You shall have no other gods besides me.
Christian Standard Bible®
Do not have other gods besides me.
Literal Translation
You shall have no other gods before Me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shalt haue none other goddes in my sighte.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Bible in Basic English
You are to have no other gods but me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt haue none other Gods in my presence.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, even any manner of 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.
King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt haue none other gods before me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou shalt have no other gods before my face.
English Revised Version
Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
Berean Standard Bible
You shall have no other gods before Me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt not haue alien Goddis in my siyt.
Young's Literal Translation
`Thou hast no other gods in My presence.
Update Bible Version
You shall have no 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.
New King James Version
"You shall have no other gods before Me.
New Living Translation
"You must not have any other god but me.
New Life Bible
‘Have no other gods except Me.
New Revised Standard
you shall have no other gods before me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not have other gods, besides me:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight.
Revised Standard Version
"'You shall have no other gods before me.
THE MESSAGE
No other gods, only me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You shall have no other gods before Me.

Contextual Overview

6 ‘I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves. 7 "‘Worship no god but me. 8 "‘Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth. 9 Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, for I am the Lord your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth generation. 10 But I show my love to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my laws. 11 "‘Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the Lord your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name. 12 "‘Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy, as I, the Lord your God, have commanded you. 13 You have six days in which to do your work, 14 but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that day no one is to work—neither you, your children, your slaves, your animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country. Your slaves must rest just as you do. 15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and that I, the Lord your God, rescued you by my great power and strength. That is why I command you to observe the Sabbath.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 20:3, Matthew 4:10, John 5:23, 1 John 5:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:2 - strange Exodus 34:14 - worship 2 Kings 17:12 - whereof Ezekiel 20:19 - the Lord Mark 12:32 - for 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Exodus 20:0 and notes.

Moses here adopts the Ten Words as a ground from which he may proceed to reprove, warn, and exhort; and repeats them, with a certain measure of freedom and adaptation. Our Lord Mark 10:19 and Paul Ephesians 6:2-3 deal similarly with the same subject. Speaker and hearers recognized, however, a statutory and authoritative form of the laws in question, which, because it was familiar to both parties, needed not to be reproduced with verbal fidelity.

Deuteronomy 5:12-15

The exhortation to observe the Sabbath and allow time of rest to servants (compare Exodus 23:12) is pointed by reminding the people that they too were formerly servants themselves. The bondage in Egypt and the deliverance from it are not assigned as grounds for the institution of the Sabbath, which is of far older date (see Genesis 2:3), but rather as suggesting motives for the religious observance of that institution. The Exodus was an entrance into rest from the toils of the house of bondage, and is thought actually to have occurred on the Sabbath day or “rest” day.

Deuteronomy 5:16

The blessing of general well-being here annexed to the keeping of the fifth commandment, is no real addition to the promise, but only an amplification of its expression.

Deuteronomy 5:21

The “field” is added to the list of objects specifically forbidden in the parallel passage Exodus 20:17. The addition seems very natural in one who was speaking with the partition of Canaan among his hearers directly in view.


 
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