Exodus 34:17

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Molten gods, shalt thou not make to thee.

Parallel Translations

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt make thee no gods of metall.

George Lamsa Translation
You shall make to yourself no molten gods.

Hebrew Names Version
You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Don't make idols.

English Standard Version
"You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.

American Standard Version
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

Bible in Basic English
Make for yourselves no gods of metal.

Contemporary English Version
Don't make metal images of gods.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Do not cast metal gods for yourselves.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

Amplified Bible
"You shall make for yourselves no molten gods.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt not make to thyself molten gods.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

Berean Standard Bible
You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.

Lexham English Bible
You will not make gods of cast metal for yourself.

Literal Translation
You shall not make for yourself casted gods.

New Century Version
"Do not make gods of melted metal.

New English Translation
You must not make yourselves molten gods.

New King James Version
"You shall make no molded gods for yourselves.

New Living Translation
You must not make any gods of molten metal for yourselves.

New Life Bible
Do not make any gods for yourself.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not make to thyself any molten gods.

Revised Standard Version
"You shall make for yourself no molten gods.

Good News Translation
"Do not make gods of metal and worship them.

King James Version
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

Darby Translation
—Thou shalt make thyself no molten gods.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt not make to thee yotun goddis.

Young's Literal Translation
a molten god thou dost not make to thyself.

World English Bible
You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.

Update Bible Version
You shall make yourself no molten gods.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt make thee no gods of mettall.

Christian Standard Bible®
“Do not make cast images of gods for yourselves.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& make thy sonnes go a whoringe after their goddes also. Thou shalt make ye no goddes of metall.

THE MESSAGE
"Don't make molten gods for yourselves.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall not make for yourself any gods cast in metal.

New Revised Standard
You shall not make cast idols.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall make for yourself no molten gods.

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall make for yourself no molten gods.

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

Exodus 32:8, Leviticus 19:4, Isaiah 46:6, Isaiah 46:7, Jeremiah 10:14, Acts 17:29, Acts 19:26

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:4 - General Leviticus 26:1 - Ye shall Deuteronomy 27:15 - maketh 2 Chronicles 28:2 - molten images

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. Made of a melted liquid, whether gold, or silver, or brass, poured into a mould; and though graven images are not mentioned, they are included, a part being put for the whole, as appears not only from the injunction to break images in general, whether graven or molten, Exodus 34:13 but from the second command, which expressly forbids the making and worshipping of them; but "molten" ones are particularly mentioned, because it is probable they were chiefly such the Canaanites worshipped, and especially, because the calf the Israelites had lately made and worshipped was a molten one.

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.