The Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:18

In 10 translations

BSB: You shall not commit adultery.Cited in Matthew 5:27, Matthew 19:18, Mark 10:19, Luke 18:20, Romans 13:9, and James 2:11
KJV: Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
WEB: “You shall not commit adultery.
ASV: Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
LSV: You do not commit adultery.
YLT: 'Thou dost not commit adultery.
DBY: Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
DRC: Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
GNV: Neither shalt thou commit adulterie.
LXXE5:17: Thou shalt not commit murder.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)

alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads וְלֹ֣א; Leningrad Codex reads וְלֹ֖֣א (“and not”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads תִֿנְאָ֑ף׃ ס; Leningrad Codex reads תִּֿנְאָֽ֑ף׃ ס (“you must commit adultery”).

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Original-language editions

WLC: וְלֹ֖א תִּנְאָֽף׃וְ/לֹ֖אוְ/לֹ֣אתִּנְאָֽףתִֿנְאָ֑ף
LXX-Br5:17: Οὐ φονεύσεις.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Adultery Moses Ten Commandments Family Table Decalogue Ethics Hard; Hardiness; Harddiness; Hardly Ten Commandments, The Ark of the Covenant

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Part of

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Cross-references most cited first

Exodus 20:14You shall not commit adultery.
Luke 18:20You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
Matthew 5:27–28You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Proverbs 6:32–33He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
James 2:10–11Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder,…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles

5:17 in some Bibles
5:18 in most Bibles