The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20:14
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
- Thou shalt not commit adultery.
- WEB
- “You shall not commit adultery.
- ASV
- Thou shalt not commit adultery.
- LSV
- You do not commit adultery.
- YLT
- 'Thou dost not commit adultery.
- DBY
- Thou shalt not commit adultery.
- DRC
- Thou shalt not commit adultery.
- GNV
- Thou shalt not commit adulterie.
- LXXE20:13
- Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads לֹ֣א; Leningrad Codex reads לֹ֣֖א (“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
- לֹ֖א תִּנְאָֽף׃לֹ֖אלֹ֣אתִּנְאָֽףתִֿנְאָ֑ף
- LXX-Br20:13
- Οὐ μοιχεύσεις.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AdulteryDecalogueChastityCommandments, the TenAmramHammurabi, Code ofFamilySinaiCovenant, Book of theSeptuagint
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Cross-references most cited first
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Deuteronomy 5:18You shall not commit adultery.
- Romans 7:2–3For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still…
- Romans 13:9The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- 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.
- Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- Leviticus 18:20You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
- Mark 10:11–12So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
- Jeremiah 5:8–9They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife. Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
- Ephesians 5:3–5But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of…
- 2 Samuel 11:27And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of…
- Matthew 19:18“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
- James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
- Proverbs 7:18–27Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses! For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey. He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 20:13 in some Bibles
- 20:14 in most Bibles