Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I, LORD thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those who hate me,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
You are not to bow down to them in worship or serve them, because I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the guilt of parents on children, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Amplified
You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous (impassioned) God [
Bible in Basic English
You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
Darby Translation
thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not worship to them, and thou shalt not serve them: for I am Jehovah thy God, a jealous God, striking the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth, to them hating me;
King James 2000
You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Lexham Expanded Bible
You will not bow down to them, and you will not serve them, because I [am] Yahweh your God, a jealous God, punishing [the] guilt of [the] parents on the children on [the] third and on [the] fourth [generations] of those hating me,
Modern King James verseion
You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them. For I Jehovah your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and fourth generation of those that hate me,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
See that thou neither bow thyself unto them neither serve them: for I, the LORD thy God, am a jealous God, and visit the sin of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:
NET Bible
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
New Heart English Bible
you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
The Emphasized Bible
thou shalt not bow thyself down to them nor be led to serve them - For, I, Yahweh, thy God, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of fathers upon sons, unto three generations and, unto four, of them that hate me;
Webster
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
World English Bible
you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, am a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third generation, and on the fourth, of those hating Me,
Themes
Bowing » What not to bow down before
Children » Involved in guilt of parents
Children » Frequently bore the curse of parents
Commandment » The ten commandments
The ten commandments » Enumerated
Error » Definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
God » Impartiality of » Jealousy of
Hate » Those that hate the lord
Home » Parental indulgence » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Idolatry » Consists in » Bowing down to images
Idolatry » The jews » Forbidden to practice
Idolatry » All forms of, forbidden by the law of moses
Judgments » Inflicted upon » Posterity of sinners
The law of God » Given » To the israelites
Parents » Prayers » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Parents » Sins of, visited on their children
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Punishment » Design of » To secure obedience
Reasoning » God reasons with men
Sin » Of youth, results of » Parents', visited upon the children
Sin » Conviction of, results of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Sins » Of parents secret » Of youth
Tables » Of testimony » The commandments engraved upon
Transgression » Sin, definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 20:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Ten Commandments
4 Thou shall not make to thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I, LORD thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 34:14
for thou shall worship no other god. For LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Numbers 14:18
LORD is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, upon the third and upon the fourth gene
Deuteronomy 4:24
For LORD thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Nahum 1:2
LORD is a jealous God and avenges. LORD avenges and is full of wrath. LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves [wrath] for his enemies.
Exodus 23:24
Thou shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works, but thou shall utterly overthrow them, and break their pillars in pieces.
Deuteronomy 6:15
for LORD thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God, lest the anger of LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Joshua 23:7
that ye do not come among these nations, these that remain among you, neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow yourselves down to them,
Joshua 24:19
And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.
Jeremiah 32:18
who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their sons after them, the great, the mighty God. LORD of hosts is his name,
Leviticus 26:1
Ye shall make for you no idols. Neither shall ye rear up for you a graven image, or a pillar. Neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it. For I am LORD your God.
Numbers 14:33
And your sons shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 32:21
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities, and I will move them to jealousy with a non-nation. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
1 Kings 21:29
See thou how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
2 Kings 17:35
with whom LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them.
Psalm 79:8
Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers. Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are brought very low.
Psalm 109:14
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Isaiah 44:15
Then it shall be for a man to burn. And he takes of it, and warms himself. Yea, he kindles it, and bakes bread. Yea, he makes a god, and worships it. He makes it a graven image, and falls down to it.
Isaiah 44:19
And none calls to mind, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire. Yea, I have also baked bread upon the coals of it. I have roasted flesh and eaten it. And shall I make the residue of it
Isaiah 65:6-7
Behold, it is written before me. I will not keep silence, but will recompense. Yea, I will recompense into their bosom
Exodus 34:6-7
And LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, LORD, LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
Leviticus 20:5
then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the harlot after him, to play the harlot with Molech, from among their people.
Leviticus 26:29
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters ye shall eat.
Leviticus 26:39-40
And those who are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands, and also in the iniquities of their fathers they shall pine away with them.
Deuteronomy 5:9
Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I, LORD thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Deuteronomy 7:10
and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.
Deuteronomy 32:41
if I whet my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense those who hate me.
Joshua 23:16
When ye transgress the covenant of LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them, then the anger of LORD will be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the go
Judges 2:19
But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them. They did not cease from their doings, nor from their
1 Samuel 15:2-3
Thus says LORD of hosts, I have remembered that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way when he came up out of Egypt.
2 Samuel 21:1
And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of LORD. And LORD said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.
2 Samuel 21:6
let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to LORD in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of LORD. And the king said, I will give them.
2 Kings 17:41
So these nations feared LORD, and served their graven images, their sons likewise, and their son's sons, as did their fathers, so do they to this day.
2 Kings 23:26
Notwithstanding, LORD did not turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.
2 Chronicles 25:14
Now it came to pass, after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the sons of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.
Job 5:4
His sons are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
Job 21:19
[Ye say], God lays up his iniquity for his sons. Let him recompense it to himself that he may know it.
Psalm 78:58
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Psalm 81:15
(The haters of LORD feign obedience to him, but their time is forever.)
Proverbs 6:34-35
For jealousy is a man's fury, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Proverbs 8:36
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.
Isaiah 14:20-21
Thou shall not be joined with them in burial, because thou have destroyed thy land. Thou have slain thy people. The seed of evil-doers shall not be named forever.
Jeremiah 2:9
Therefore I will yet contend with you, says LORD, and I will contend with your son's sons.
Ezekiel 8:3
And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head. And the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner [court] that looks
Daniel 1:2
And LORD gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God. And he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.
Matthew 4:9
And he says to him, All these things I give thee, if after falling down, thou will worship me.
Matthew 23:34-36
Because of this, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scholars. And some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city,
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
John 15:18
If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before you.
John 15:23-24
He who hates me hates my Father also.
Romans 1:30
being gossips, slanderous, God-hating, aggressors, arrogant boasters, contrivers of evil things, disobedient to parents;
Romans 8:7
Because the mentality of the flesh is enmity against God, for it is not submissive to the law of God, for neither is it able.
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is hatred of God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.