Exodus 20:1-17 - The Ten Commandments

¹ And God spoke all these words, saying, ² "I [am] Yahweh, your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves. ³ "There shall be for you no other gods before me. ⁴ "You shall not make for yourself a divine image [with] any form that [is] in the heavens above or that [is] in the earth below or that [is] in the water below the earth. ⁵ 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, ⁶ and showing loyal love to thousands [of generations] of those loving me and of those keeping my commandments. ⁷ "You shall not {misuse the name of Yahweh your God}, because Yahweh will not leave unpunished [anyone] who {misuses his name}. ⁸ "Remember the day of the Sabbath, to consecrate it. ⁹ Six days you will work, and you will do all your work. ¹⁰ But the seventh day [is] a Sabbath for Yahweh your God; you will not do any work--you or your son or your daughter, your male slave or your female slave, or your animal, or your alien who [is] in your gates-- ¹¹ because [in] six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that [is] in them, and on the seventh day he rested. Therefore Yahweh blessed the seventh day and consecrated it. ¹² "Honor your father and your mother, so that your days can be long on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving you. ¹³ "You shall not murder. ¹⁴ "You shall not commit adultery. ¹⁵ "You shall not steal. ¹⁶ "You shall not testify against your neighbor [with] a false witness. ¹⁷ "You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; you will not covet the wife of your neighbor or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that [is] your neighbor's."

⁶ 'I [am] Yahweh your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. ⁷ [There] shall not be for you other gods {besides me}. ⁸ 'You shall not make for yourself a divine image of any [type] of form that [is] in the heaven above or that [is] on the earth beneath or that [is] in the water under the earth. ⁹ 'You shall not bow down to them, and you shall not serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, [am] a jealous God, punishing the guilt of fathers upon [their] children and upon [the] third and upon [the] fourth generation of [those] hating me, ¹⁰ but showing loyal love to thousands of [those who] love me and of [those who] keep my commandments. ¹¹ You shall not take up the name of Yahweh your God for worthless purpose, for Yahweh will not leave unpunished [anyone] who uses his name for worthless purpose. ¹² 'Observe the {Sabbath day} to make it holy, [just] as Yahweh your God has commanded you. ¹³ Six days you shall work, and you shall do all [of] your work, ¹⁴ but the seventh day [is] Sabbath unto Yahweh your God; you shall not do any work, or your son, or your daughter, or your slave, or your slave woman, or your ox, or your donkey, or any of your domestic animals, or your [resident] alien who [is] in your {towns}, so that your slave and your slave woman may rest as you [rest]. ¹⁵ And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm; therefore, Yahweh your God commanded you to keep {the Sabbath}. ¹⁶ 'Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you, so that it will be good for you {in the land} that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you. ¹⁷ 'You shall not murder. ¹⁸ 'And you shall not commit adultery. ¹⁹ 'And you shall not steal. ²⁰ 'And you shall not falsely bear evidence against your neighbor. ²¹ 'And you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, and you shall not crave the house of your neighbor, his field or his slave or his slave woman or his ox and his donkey or anything {that belongs to your neighbor}.'