Exodus 34:14

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

For thou shalt not bow thyself down to another GOD, - For as for Yahweh, Jealous, is his name, A jealous GOD, he is:

Parallel Translations

Geneva Bible (1587)
(For thou shalt bow downe to none other god, because the Lord, whose Name is Ielous, is a ielous God)

George Lamsa Translation
For you shall worship no other god; for the LORD whose name is zealous, is a zealous God.

Hebrew Names Version
for you shall worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Easy-to-Read Version
Don't worship any other god. I am Yahweh Kanah —the jealous Lord . That is my name. I hate for my people to worship other gods.

English Standard Version
(for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord , whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

American Standard Version
(for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God);

Bible in Basic English
For you are to be worshippers of no other god: for the Lord is a God who will not give his honour to another.

Contemporary English Version
I demand your complete loyalty—you must not worship any other god!

Complete Jewish Bible
because you are not to bow down to any other god; since Adonai — whose very name is Jealous — is a jealous God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For thou shalt bow down to no other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God;

King James Version (1611)
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Ielous, is a Ielous God:

Amplified Bible
—for you shall not worship any other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His]—

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For ye shall not worship strange gods, for the Lord God, a jealous name, is a jealous God;

English Revised Version
for thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Berean Standard Bible
For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Lexham English Bible
For you will not bow in worship to another god, for ‘Yahweh Is Jealous' is his name, he is a jealous God,

Literal Translation
For you shall not bow to another god, for Jehovah whose name is Jealous, He is a jealous God;

New Century Version
Don't worship any other god, because I, the Lord , the Jealous One, am a jealous God.

New English Translation
For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord , whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

New King James Version
(for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

New Living Translation
You must worship no other gods, for the Lord , whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.

New Life Bible
For you must not worship any other god. For the Lord, Whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Adore not any strange god. The Lord his name is jealous, he is a jealous God.

Revised Standard Version
(for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

Good News Translation
"Do not worship any other god, because I, the Lord , tolerate no rivals.

King James Version
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord , whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Darby Translation
For thou shalt worship no other God; for Jehovah—Jealous is his name—is a jealous God;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`nyl thou worschipe an alien God; `the Lord a gelous louyere is his name, God is a feruent louyere;

Young's Literal Translation
for ye do not bow yourselves to another god -- for Jehovah, whose name [is] Zealous, is a zealous God.

World English Bible
for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Update Bible Version
For you shall worship no other god. For Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Webster's Bible Translation
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt worship no straunge God: for the Lorde is called ielous, because he is a ielous God.

Christian Standard Bible®
Because the Lord is jealous for his reputation, you are never to bow down to another god. He is a jealous God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for thou shalt worshipe no other god. For ye LORDE is called gelous, because he is a gelous God:

New American Standard Bible
—for you shall not worship any other god, because the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God—

New Revised Standard
(for you shall worship no other god, because the Lord , whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God).

New American Standard Bible (1995)
—for you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God—

Legacy Standard Bible
—for you shall not worship any other god, for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God—

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ And he said - Lo! I, am about to solemnise a covenant,-in presence of all thy people, will I do marvellous things, which have not been created in any part of the earth nor among any of the nations, - so shall all the people in whose midst thou, art see the work of Yahweh for a fearful thing, it is, which I, am doing with thee. ¹¹ Take thou heed what, I, am commanding thee this day, - behold me! driving out from before thee - the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. ¹² Take heed to thyself, Lest thou solemnise a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, whereupon, thou, art about to enter, - Lest he become a snare in thy midst; ¹³ For their altars, shall ye smash, And their pillars, shall ye shiver, - And their sacred-stems, shall ye fell. ¹⁴ For thou shalt not bow thyself down to another GOD, - For as for Yahweh, Jealous, is his name, A jealous GOD, he is: ¹⁵ Lest thou solemnise a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, - And then as surely as they go unchastely after their gods and sacrifice to their gods, So surely will he invite thee, And thou wilt eat of his sacrifice; ¹⁶ And thou wilt take of his daughters for thy sons, - And his daughters will go unchastely after their gods, And will cause thy sons to go unchastely after their gods. ¹⁷ Molten gods, shalt thou not make to thee.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

worship: Exodus 20:3-5, Deuteronomy 5:7, Matthew 4:10

whose: Exodus 34:5-7, Exodus 33:19, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 57:15

jealous God: Exodus 20:5, Deuteronomy 5:24, Deuteronomy 6:15, Deuteronomy 29:20, Deuteronomy 32:16, Deuteronomy 32:21, Joshua 24:19, Nahum 1:2, 1 Corinthians 10:22

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:24 - overthrow Numbers 25:11 - that I Deuteronomy 4:24 - a jealous God Deuteronomy 5:9 - a jealous God Deuteronomy 6:14 - not go 1 Kings 14:15 - beyond the river 1 Kings 19:10 - very jealous 2 Kings 17:12 - whereof Psalms 78:58 - moved Isaiah 42:8 - my glory Jeremiah 2:20 - playing Ezekiel 8:3 - provoketh Ezekiel 23:25 - I will set 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what Revelation 19:10 - worship Revelation 22:9 - worship God

Cross-References

Genesis 17:11
So shall ye be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, - So shall it become a sign of a covenant, betwixt me and you.

Genesis 17:14
But, as for the uncircumcised male who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, - that person shall be cut off from among his people, - my covenant, hath he made void.

Genesis 34:1
Then went forth Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, - to see the daughters of the land.

Genesis 34:2
And Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the lend, saw her, - so he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

Genesis 34:9
And exchange ye daughters with us in marriage, - your daughters, shall ye give to us, and our daughters, shall ye take to you.

1 Samuel 14:6
So Jonathan said unto the young man bearing his armour - Come! and let us cross over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised, peradventure, Yahweh may work by us, - for there is no restraint with Yahweh, to save by many, or by few.

1 Samuel 17:26
Then spake David unto the men that were standing by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that shall smite yonder Philistine, and so shall take away reproach from off Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he hath reproached the ranks of a Living God?

1 Samuel 17:36
Thy servant could slay, either a lion or a bear, - and, this uncircumcised Philistine, shall become, as one of them, for he hath reproached the ranks of a Living God.

2 Samuel 1:20
Do not tell it in Gath, Do not publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, - lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the Uncircumcised triumph.

2 Samuel 15:7
And it came to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absolom said unto the king - Let me go, I pray thee, that I may pay my vow which I have vowed unto Yahweh, in Hebron;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thou shall worship no other god,.... Than the Lord their God, the one only living and true God, which was the first command given to the people of Israel, and binding upon all men:

for the Lord whose name is Jealous, [is] a jealous God; his name and nature answer to one another; he admits of no rival or competitor in worship; he will not give his glory to another god, or one so called, nor his praise to graven images; and in this he is distinguished from all nominal and fictitious gods, who have many joined with them, and are rivals of them, which gives them no concern, because insensible; but it is otherwise with the Lord, who knows the dishonour done him, and resents it, and is as jealous of any worship being given to another, as the husband is of the honour of his marriage bed; for idolatry is spiritual adultery, as is suggested in the following verse.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are recorded in “the Book of the covenant” (Exo. 20–23; see Exodus 24:7).

Exodus 34:13

Cut down their groves - This is the first reference to what is commonly known as grove-worship. The original word for “grove” in this connection אשׁרה 'ăshêrāh is different from that so rendered in Genesis 21:33. Our translators supposed that what the law commands is the destruction of groves dedicated to the worship of false deities Judges 6:25; 2 Kings 18:4; but inasmuch as the worship of asherah is found associated with that of Astarte, or Ashtoreth Judges 2:13; Jdg 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:4, it seems probable that while Astarte was the personal name of the goddess, the asherah was a symbol of her, probably in some one of her characters, made in wood in some conventional form.

Exodus 34:15-16

An expansion of Exodus 34:12. The unfaithfulness of the nation to its covenant with Yahweh is here for the first time spoken of as a breach of the marriage bond. The metaphor is, in any case, a natural one, but it seems to gain point, if we suppose it to convey an allusion to the abominations connected with pagan worship, such as are spoken of in Numbers 25:1-3.

Exodus 34:21

See Exodus 20:9; Exodus 23:12. There is here added to the commandment a particular caution respecting those times of year when the land calls for most labor. The old verb “to ear” (i. e. to plow) is genuine English.

Exodus 34:24

Neither shall any man desire etc. - Intended to encourage such as might fear the consequences of obeying the divine law in attending to their religious duties. Compare Proverbs 16:7.