Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

You will not make alongside me gods of silver, and gods of gold you will not make for yourselves.

New American Standard Bible

You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
with me gods
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

of silver
כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

References

Easton

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

Instructions For Building Altars

22 And Yahweh said to Moses, "Thus you will say to the {Israelites}, 'You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from the heavens. 23 You will not make alongside me gods of silver, and gods of gold you will not make for yourselves. 24 An altar of earth you will make for me, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered, I will come to you, and I will bless you.

Cross References

Exodus 20:3-5

"There shall be for you no other gods before me.

2 Kings 17:33

Yahweh they were fearing, but their gods they were serving, according to the customs of the nations from which they were deported.

Ezekiel 20:39

And you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord Yahweh: "[Let] each one go serve his idols [now] and after, if you [are] not listening to me, but {my holy name} you will not profane [any] longer with your gifts and with your idols.

Zephaniah 1:5

and those who bow down on the rooftops to the host of heaven, and those who bow down, swearing to Yahweh but [also] swearing by Milkom,

Exodus 32:1-4

And the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, and the people gathered opposite Aaron, and they said to him, "Come, make for us gods who will go before us, because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."

Exodus 32:31

And Moses returned to Yahweh, and he said, "Alas, this people has sinned a great sin and made for themselves gods of gold.

1 Samuel 5:4-5

When they got up early in the morning the next day, {there was} Dagon fallen [again] with his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh! The head of Dagon and the palms of his two hands were cut off, lying at the threshold; only [the body] of Dagon was left.

2 Kings 17:41

So these nations were fearing Yahweh, but they were serving their idols, as were their children and their children's children; as their ancestors did, they [are] doing until this day.

Ezekiel 43:8

{When they placed their threshold} with my threshold, their doorframe beside my doorframe and the wall [was] between me and between them, then they defiled {my holy name}, with their detestable things that they did, and [so] I consumed them in my anger.

Daniel 5:4

They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.

Daniel 5:23

And [now] you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of his temple you have brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have been drinking wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone that [do] not see and [do] not hear and [do] not know, but the God {who holds your life in his hand} and all of your ways {come from him}, you have not honored.

1 Corinthians 10:21-22

You are not able to drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You are not able to share the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

2 Corinthians 6:14-16

Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation [is there between] righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship [does] light [have] with darkness?

Colossians 2:18-19

Let no one condemn you, taking pleasure in humility and the worship of angels, going into detail [about] [the things] which he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,

1 John 5:20-21

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, in order that we may know the one who is true, and we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.

Revelation 22:15

Outside [are] the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral people and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone who loves and who practices falsehood.

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