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Updated Bible Version

Exodus 23:13

And in all things that I have said to you you take heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idolatry;   Watchfulness;   The Topic Concordance - Idolatry;   Speech/communication;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Heedfulness;   Idolatry;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Idol, Idolatry;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Blasphemy;   Idol;   Jerubbaal;   Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Pentateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Ethics;   Hexateuch;   Images;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Stranger;   Ten Commandments;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Name;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Oath,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Gods;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Covenant, the Book of the;   Deuteronomy;   Gods;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;   Commandments, the 613;   Cross;   Names of God;   Pentecost;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don't invoke the name of other gods, neither let them be heard out of your mouth.
King James Version
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Lexham English Bible
"‘And you will be attentive to all that I have said to you, and you will not profess the name of other gods; it will not be heard in your mouth.
New Century Version
"Be sure to do all that I have said to you. You must not even say the names of other gods; those names must not come out of your mouth.
New English Translation
"Pay attention to do everything I have told you, and do not even mention the names of other gods—do not let them be heard on your lips.
Amplified Bible
"Now concerning everything which I have said to you, be on your guard; do not mention the name of other gods [either in a blessing or in a curse]; do not let such speech be heard [coming] from your mouth.
New American Standard Bible
"Now concerning everything which I have said to you, be careful; and do not mention the name of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ye shall take heede to all things that I haue sayde vnto you: and ye shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shal it be heard out of thy mouth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now concerning everything which I have said to you, beware; and do not mention the name of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth.
Contemporary English Version
Make certain that you obey everything I have said. Don't pray to other gods or even mention their names.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Pay attention to everything I have said to you; do not invoke the names of other gods or even let them be heard crossing your lips.
Darby Translation
And ye shall be on your guard as to everything that I have said unto you; and shall make no mention of the name of other gods—it shall not be heard in thy mouth.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Be sure that you obey all these laws. Don't worship false gods. You should not even speak their names!
English Standard Version
"Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.
George Lamsa Translation
Take heed of all things that I have said to you; and make no mention of the name of false idols, neither think of them.
Good News Translation
"Listen to everything that I, the Lord , have said to you. Do not pray to other gods; do not even mention their names.
Christian Standard Bible®
“Pay strict attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
Literal Translation
And be watchful in all that I have said to you. And you shall not mention another god by name; it shall not be heard from your mouth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All that I haue sayde vnto you, that kepe. And as for the names of other goddes, ye shall not remembre them, and out of youre mouthes shal they not be herde.
American Standard Version
And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Bible in Basic English
Take note of all these things which I have said to you, and let not the names of other gods come into your minds or from your lips.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In all thinges that I haue saide vnto you, be circumspect: and make no rehearsall of the names of straunge gods, neither let it be hearde out of thy mouth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed; and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
King James Version (1611)
And in all things that I haue said vnto you, be circumspect: and make no mention of the names of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shall they be heard out of your mouth.
English Revised Version
And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Berean Standard Bible
Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Kepe ye alle thingis, whiche Y seide to you; and ye schulen not swere bi the name of alien goddis, nether it schal be herd of youre mouth.
Young's Literal Translation
and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not mention; it is not heard on thy mouth.
Webster's Bible Translation
And in all [things] that I have said to you be circumspect: and make no mention of the names of other gods, neither let it be heard from thy mouth.
World English Bible
"Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don't invoke the name of other gods, neither let them be heard out of your mouth.
New King James Version
"And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth.
New Living Translation
"Pay close attention to all my instructions. You must not call on the name of any other gods. Do not even speak their names.
New Life Bible
Be careful to do all I have said to you. Never speak the name of other gods. Do not let them be heard from your mouth.
New Revised Standard
Be attentive to all that I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, in all that I have said unto thee, shalt thou take heed to thyself, - and the name of other gods, shalt thou not mention, it shall not be heard upon thy mouth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Keep all things that I have said to you. And by the name of strange gods you shall not swear, neither shall it be heard out of your mouth.
Revised Standard Version
Take heed to all that I have said to you; and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let such be heard out of your mouth.
THE MESSAGE
"Listen carefully to everything I tell you. Don't pay attention to other gods—don't so much as mention their names.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now concerning everything which I have said to you, be on your guard; and do not mention the name of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth.

Contextual Overview

10 And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in the increase thereof: 11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of your people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard, [and] with your oliveyard. 12 Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your female slave, and the sojourner, may be refreshed. 13 And in all things that I have said to you you take heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth. 14 Three times you shall keep a feast to me in the year. 15 The feast of unleavened bread you shall keep: seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt); and no one shall appear before me empty: 16 and the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field. 17 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh. 18 You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning. 19 The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in it mother's milk.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

be circumspect: Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 4:15, Joshua 22:5, Joshua 23:11, 1 Chronicles 28:7-9, Psalms 39:1, Ephesians 5:15, 1 Timothy 4:16, Hebrews 12:15

make no mention: Numbers 32:38, Deuteronomy 12:3, Joshua 23:7, Psalms 16:4, Jeremiah 10:11, Hosea 2:17, Zechariah 13:2, Ephesians 5:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:3 - swear Genesis 35:2 - strange Isaiah 48:1 - make mention 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what Ephesians 5:3 - named Ephesians 5:24 - in

Cross-References

Genesis 23:5
And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying,
Genesis 23:8
And he communed with them, saying, If it is your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
2 Samuel 24:24
And the king said to Araunah, No; but I will truly buy it of you at a price. Neither will I offer burnt-offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Acts 20:35
In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Romans 13:8
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Colossians 4:5
Walk in wisdom toward those that are outside, redeeming the time.
Hebrews 13:5
Be free from the love of money; content with such things as you have: for he himself has said, I will never fail you, neither will I ever forsake you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And in all [things] that I have said unto you, be circumspect,.... Or observe them, be careful to keep them punctually and constantly, even all that are delivered in this and the preceding chapters:

and make no mention of the name of other gods; neither call upon them, nor swear by them, nor make vows to them; and, as little as possible, ever utter their names, and never with pleasure and delight, and showing any honour of them, and reverence to them, but with the utmost detestation and abhorrence:

neither let it be heard out of thy mouth; not any of their names; the same thing in different words, the more to inculcate and impress the thing upon the mind, and to show with what vehemence and earnestness this is pressed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Deuteronomy 4:9; Joshua 22:5; Ephesians 5:15.


 
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