The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20:3
In 11 translations
- BSB
- You shall have no other gods before Me.Or besides Me
- KJV
- Thou shalt have no 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 before Me.
- YLT
- 'Thou hast no other Gods before Me.
- DBY
- Thou shalt have no other gods before me.Elohim
- DRC
- Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.
- GNV
- Thou shalt haue none other Gods before me.
- JPS
- Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
- LXXE
- Thou shalt have no other gods beside me.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads לְךָ֩; Leningrad Codex reads לְךָ֛֩ (“to the 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”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- לֹֽ֣א יִהְיֶֽה־לְךָ֛ אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים עַל־פָּנָֽיַ׃לְ/ךָ֛לְ/ךָ֩BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.אֱלֹהִ֥יםאֱלֹהִ֨יםאֲחֵרִ֖יםאֲחֵרִ֜יםפָּנָֽ/יַפָּנָ֗/יַBHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Οὐκ ἔσονταί σοι θεοὶ ἕτεροι πλὴν ἐμοῦ.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DecalogueIdolatryCommandments, the TenAmramHammurabi, Code ofSinaiCovenant, Book of theFestivals, ReligiousLaw, JudicialTable
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Part of
Cross-references most cited first
- Deuteronomy 5:7You 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.’”
- Psalms 81:9There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
- Isaiah 46:9Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
- Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
- Deuteronomy 6:14Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
- 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.’
- Joshua 24:18–24And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!” But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD,…
- Jeremiah 35:15Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have…
- 1 John 5:20–21And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Little children,…
- 1 Corinthians 8:6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
- Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
- Ephesians 5:5For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
- Revelation 19:10So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of…
- Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
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