Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
There shall no strange god be in thee, nor shall thou worship any foreign god.
New American Standard Bible
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
King James Version
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Holman Bible
you must not bow down to a foreign god.
International Standard Version
You must neither have a foreign god over you or worship a strange god.
American Standard Version
There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
Amplified
“Let there be no strange god among you,
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
Bible in Basic English
There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.
Darby Translation
There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
Julia Smith Translation
A strange god shall not be in thee; and thou shalt not worship to a strange god.
King James 2000
There shall no strange god be among you; neither shall you worship any foreign god.
Lexham Expanded Bible
There shall be no strange god among you, and you shall not bow down to a foreign god.
Modern King James verseion
there shall be no strange god in you; nor shall you worship any strange god.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any other god.
NET Bible
There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.
New Heart English Bible
There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.
The Emphasized Bible
There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD, - Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange GOD:
Webster
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
World English Bible
There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.
Youngs Literal Translation
There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 81:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Obedience
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee, O Israel, if thou would hearken to me! 9 There shall no strange god be in thee, nor shall thou worship any foreign god. 10 I am LORD thy God who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:12
LORD alone led him, and there was no foreign god with him.
Isaiah 43:12
I have declared, and I have saved, and I have shown, and there was no strange [god] among you. Therefore ye are my witnesses, says LORD, and I am God.
Exodus 20:3-5
Thou shall have no other gods before me.
Deuteronomy 6:14
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you,
Psalm 44:20
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,
Malachi 2:11
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holiness of LORD which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
1 Corinthians 8:5-6
For also since there are things called gods, whether in heaven or on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords,