Parallel Verses
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.
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.
American Standard Version
Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto 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.
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 the LORD said unto Moses, "Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, 'Ye have seen how that I have talked with you from out of heaven. 23 Ye shall not make therefore with me gods of silver nor gods of gold: in no wise shall ye do it. 24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me and thereon offer thy burnt offerings and thy peace offerings, and thy sheep and thine oxen. And in all places where I shall put the remembrance of my name, thither I will come unto thee and bless thee.
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Cross References
Exodus 20:3-5
Thou shalt have none other gods in my sight.
2 Kings 17:33
And so they feared the LORD, and yet served their own gods after the manner of the people from whence they were brought.
Ezekiel 20:39
Go now then, sayeth the LORD God: ye house of Israel, cast away, and destroy every man his Idols. Then shall ye hear me, and no more blaspheme my holy name with your offerings and Idols.
Zephaniah 1:5
yea, and such as upon their house-tops worship and bow themselves unto the host of heaven: which swear by the LORD, and by their Milcom also:
Exodus 32:1-4
And when the people saw that it was long or Moses came down out of the mountain, they gathered themselves together and came unto Aaron and said unto him, "Up, and make us a god to go before us: for of this Moses, the fellow that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become."
Exodus 32:31
And Moses went again unto the LORD and said, "O, this people have sinned a great sin and have made them a god of gold:
1 Samuel 5:4-5
And when they were up early in the next morning behold, Dagon lay groveling upon the ground before the ark of the LORD, and his head and his two hands cut off upon the threshold, that the body only was left on him.
2 Kings 17:41
And even so did these nations fear the LORD and serve their images thereto: and so did their children, and their children's children too. Even as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
Ezekiel 43:8
which have builded their thresholds in manner hard upon my thresholds, and their posts almost at my posts: so that there is but a bare wall betwixt me and them. Thus have they defiled my holy name with their abominations, that they have committed. Wherefore I have destroyed them in my wrath:
Daniel 5:4
They drunk wine, and praised their Idols of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone.
Daniel 5:23
but hast magnified thyself above the LORD of heaven, so that the vessels of his house were brought before thee: that thou, and thy lords, with thy queen and concubines, might drink wine thereout: and hast praised the Idols of silver and gold, copper and iron, of wood and stone. As for the God in whose hand consisteth thy breath and all thy ways: thou hast not loved him.
1 Corinthians 10:21-22
Ye cannot drink of the cup of the Lord, and of the cup of the devils. Ye can not be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
Set yourselves therefore at large, and bear not a stranger's yoke with the unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? What company hath light with darkness?
Colossians 2:18-19
Let no man make you shoot at a wrong mark, which after his own imagination walketh in the humbleness and holiness of angels, things which he never saw: causeless, puffed up with his fleshly mind,
1 John 5:20-21
We know that the son of God is come, and hath given us understanding, to know him that is true: and we be in the truth through his son Jesus Christ. He is very God, and eternal life.
Revelation 22:15
For without shall be dogs and enchanters, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth or maketh lies.