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Holman Bible
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;
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,
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,
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
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 34:14
You are never to bow down to another god because Yahweh, being jealous
Numbers 14:18
The Lord is slow to anger and rich in faithful love,
Deuteronomy 4:24
For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,
Nahum 1:2
the Lord takes vengeance
and is fierce in
The Lord takes vengeance against His foes;
He is furious with His enemies.
Exodus 23:24
You must not bow down to their gods or worship them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them
Deuteronomy 6:15
for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God.
Joshua 23:7
and so that you do not associate with these nations remaining among you. Do not call on the names of their gods or make an oath to them;
Joshua 24:19
But Joshua told the people, “You will not be able to worship Yahweh, because He is a holy God. He is a jealous God;
Jeremiah 32:18
You show faithful love to thousands but lay the fathers’ sins on their sons’ laps after them,
Leviticus 26:1
“Do not make idols for yourselves,
Numbers 14:33
Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for 40 years and bear the penalty for your acts of unfaithfulness until all your corpses lie scattered in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 32:21
with their so-called gods;
they have enraged Me with their worthless idols.
So I will provoke their jealousy
with an inferior people;
I will enrage them with a foolish nation.
1 Kings 21:29
“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? I will not bring the disaster during his lifetime,
2 Kings 17:35
The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, “Do not fear other gods; do not bow down to them;
Psalm 79:8
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.
Psalm 109:14
be remembered before the Lord,
and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.
Isaiah 44:15
He takes some of it and warms himself;
also he kindles a fire and bakes bread;
he even makes it into a god and worships it;
he makes an idol from it and bows down to it.
Isaiah 44:19
no one has the perception or insight to say,
“I burned half of it in the fire,
I also baked bread on its coals,
I roasted meat and ate.
I will make something detestable
and I will bow down to a block of wood.”
Isaiah 65:6-7
I will not keep silent,
I will repay them fully
Exodus 34:6-7
Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:
Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,
Leviticus 20:5
then I will turn
Leviticus 26:29
You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
Leviticus 26:39-40
Those
Deuteronomy 5:9
Deuteronomy 7:10
But He directly pays back
Deuteronomy 32:41
and My hand takes hold of judgment,
I will take vengeance on My adversaries
and repay those who hate Me.
Joshua 23:16
If you break the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, and go and worship other gods, and bow down to them, the Lord’s anger will burn against you, and you will quickly disappear from this good land He has given you.”
Judges 2:19
Whenever the judge died, the Israelites would act even more corruptly
1 Samuel 15:2-3
This is what the Lord of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed
2 Samuel 21:1
During David’s reign there was a famine for three successive years, so David inquired of the Lord. The Lord answered, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family when he killed the Gibeonites.”
2 Samuel 21:6
let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us so we may hang
The king answered, “I will hand them over.”
2 Kings 17:41
These nations feared the Lord but also served their idols. Their children and grandchildren continue doing as their fathers did until today.
2 Kings 23:26
In spite of all that, the Lord did not turn from the fury of His great burning anger, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had provoked Him with.
2 Chronicles 25:14
After Amaziah came from the attack on the Edomites, he brought the gods of the Seirites
Job 5:4
They are crushed at the city gate,
with no one to rescue them.
Job 21:19
Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.
Psalm 78:58
and provoked His jealousy with their carved images.
Psalm 81:15
would pretend submission to Him;
their doom would last forever.
Proverbs 6:34-35
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
Proverbs 8:36
all who hate me love death.”
Isaiah 14:20-21
because you destroyed your land
and slaughtered your own people.
The offspring of evildoers
will never be remembered.
Jeremiah 2:9
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will bring a case against your children’s children.
Ezekiel 8:3
He stretched out what appeared to be a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God
Daniel 1:2
The Lord handed Jehoiakim king of Judah over to him, along with some of the vessels from the house of God.
Matthew 4:9
And he said to Him, “I will give You all these things if You will fall down and worship me.”
Matthew 23:34-36
John 7:7
John 15:18
John 15:23-24
Romans 1:30
slanderers, God-haters, arrogant, proud, boastful,
Romans 8:7
For the mind-set of the flesh is hostile
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
James 4:4
Adulteresses!