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The Greatest Commandment

Deuteronomy 6:14

In 11 translations

BSB
Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
KJV
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
WEB
You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you,
ASV
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;
LSV
You do not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who [are] around you,
YLT
ye do not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who [are] round about you;
DBY
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;ElohimElohim
DRC
You shall not go after the strange gods of all the nations, that are round about you:
GNV
Ye shall not walke after other gods, after any of the gods of the people which are round about you,
JPS
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;
LXXE
Go ye not after other gods of the gods of the nations round about you;

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
לֹ֣א תֵֽלְכ֔וּן אַחֲרֵ֖י אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים מֵאֱלֹהֵי֙ הָֽעַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Οὐ πορεύεσθε ὀπίσω θεῶν ἑτέρων ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν περικύκλῳ ὑμῶν,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 25:6Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’
  • 1 John 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
  • Deuteronomy 13:7the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other),
  • Deuteronomy 8:19If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
  • Deuteronomy 11:28but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
  • Exodus 34:14–16For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to…

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