Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Ye shall not make beside me gods of silver, and ye shall not make to you gods of gold.
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.
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 to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: Ye have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens. 23 Ye shall not make beside me gods of silver, and ye shall not make to you gods of gold. 24 An altar of earth shalt thou make unto me, and shalt sacrifice on it thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep and thine oxen: in all places where I shall make my name to be remembered, I will come unto thee, and 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, whence 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 henceforth also, if none of you will hearken unto me; but profane my holy name no more with your gifts and with your idols.
Zephaniah 1:5
and them that bow down to the host of the heavens upon the housetops; and them that bow down to Jehovah, that swear by him, and swear by Malcham;
Exodus 32:1-4
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people collected together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us a god, who will go before us; for this Moses, the man that has brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what is become of him!
Exodus 32:31
And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Alas, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made themselves a god of gold!
1 Samuel 5:4-5
And when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the fish-stump was left to him.
2 Kings 17:41
And these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images, both their children and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they, unto this day.
Ezekiel 43:8
in that they set their threshold by my threshold, and their post by my post, and there was only a wall between me and them, and they defiled my holy name with their abominations which they committed; and I 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 the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in 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 Lord's cup, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons.
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what participation is there between righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship of light with darkness?
Colossians 2:18-19
Let no one fraudulently deprive you of your prize, doing his own will in humility and worship of angels, entering into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,
1 John 5:20-21
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that is true; and we are in him that is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He 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 loves and makes a lie.