The Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:7

In 11 translations

BSB: You shall have no other gods before Me.Or besides Me
KJV: Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
WEB: “You shall have no other gods before me.
ASV: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
LSV: You have no other gods in My presence.
YLT: 'Thou hast no other gods in My presence.
DBY: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.Elohim
DRC: Thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight.
GNV: Thou shalt haue none other gods before my face.
JPS: Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
LXXE: Thou shalt have no other gods before my face.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (6)

alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads לֹ֣א; Leningrad Codex reads לֹ֣א (“not”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads יִהְיֶה־; Leningrad Codex reads יִהְיֶ֥ה־ (“it will belong”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads לְךָ֩; Leningrad Codex reads לְךָ֛֩ (“to you”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads אֱלֹהִ֨ים; Leningrad Codex reads אֱלֹהִ֥֨ים (“gods”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads אֲחֵרִ֜ים; Leningrad Codex reads אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים (“other”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads פָּנָ֗יַ׃; Leningrad Codex reads פָּנָֽ֗יַ׃ (“face my”).

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Original-language editions

WLC: לֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים עַל־פָּנָֽיַ׃לֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְ/ךָ֛לֹ֣א יִהְיֶה־לְ/ךָ֩אֱלֹהִ֥יםאֱלֹהִ֨יםאֲחֵרִ֖יםאֲחֵרִ֜יםפָּנָֽ/יַפָּנָ֗/יַ
LXX-Br: Οὐκ ἔσονταί σοι θεοὶ ἕτεροι πρὸ προσώπου μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

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

Part of

Sinai and the Ten Commandments After leaving Egypt, Israel camps at Sinai, where God gives commandments amid thunder, smoke and a trembling mountain. Beginning with his re…

Cross-references most cited first

Exodus 20:3You shall have no other gods before Me.
Matthew 4:10“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
1 John 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
John 5:23so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).