Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
Holman Bible
You must not make gods of silver to rival Me; you must not make gods of gold for yourselves.
International Standard Version
You are not to make gods of silver alongside me, nor are you to make for yourselves gods of gold.
A Conservative Version
Ye shall not make [other gods] with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make to you.
Amplified
You shall not make other gods [to worship] besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make [these lifeless idols] for yourselves.
Bible in Basic English
Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.
Darby Translation
Ye shall not make beside me gods of silver, and ye shall not make to you gods of gold.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye shall not make to me gods of silver, and gods of gold ye shall not make to yourselves.
King James 2000
You shall not make to be with me gods of silver, neither shall you make unto you gods of gold.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You will not make alongside me gods of silver, and gods of gold you will not make for yourselves.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not make with Me gods of silver, neither shall you make to you gods of gold.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye shall not make therefore with me gods of silver nor gods of gold: in no wise shall ye do it.
NET Bible
You must not make gods of silver alongside me, nor make gods of gold for yourselves.
New Heart English Bible
You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver, or gods of gold for yourselves.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye shall not make aught beside me, - neither gods of silver, nor gods of gold, shall ye make to yourselves.
Webster
Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make to you gods of gold.
World English Bible
You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver, or gods of gold for yourselves.
Youngs Literal Translation
ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 20:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instructions For Building Altars
22 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you. 24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.
Names
Cross References
Exodus 20:3-5
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
2 Kings 17:33
They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
Ezekiel 20:39
As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Go ye, serve every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me; but my holy name shall ye no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.
Zephaniah 1:5
and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam;
Exodus 32:1-4
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
Exodus 32:31
And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
1 Samuel 5:4-5
And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
2 Kings 17:41
So these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
Ezekiel 43:8
in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door-post beside my door-post, and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.
Daniel 5:4
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Daniel 5:23
but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
1 Corinthians 10:21-22
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
Colossians 2:18-19
Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
1 John 5:20-21
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Revelation 22:15
Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.