Exodus 20:5
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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;You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
In other translations
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;You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Hebrew words
לֹא־lo'-notH3808תִשְׁתַּחְוֶהtishtachvehyou must bow downH7812לָהֶםlahemto <the> themוְלֹאvelo'and notH3808תָעָבְדֵםta'avedemyou must be enticed to serve themH5647כִּיkiforH3588אָנֹכִי'anokhiIH595יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶיךָ'eloheikhaGod yourH430אֵל'el[am] a GodH410קַנָּאkana'jealousH7067פֹּקֵדpokedvisitingH6485עֲוֹן'avoniniquity ofH5771אָבֹת'avotfathersH1עַל־'al-onH5921בָּנִיםbanimchildrenH1121עַל־'al-onH5921שִׁלֵּשִׁיםshileshima third generationH8029וְעַל־ve'al-and onH5921רִבֵּעִיםribe'ima fourth generationH7256לְשֹׂנְאָי׃lesone'aiof [those who] hate meH8130
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 5:9Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto 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,You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
- Numbers 14:18The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
- Deuteronomy 4:24For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
- Exodus 34:14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- Deuteronomy 6:15(For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
- Joshua 24:19And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
- Jeremiah 32:18Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name,You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
- Nahum 1:2God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
- Psalm 109:14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
- Joshua 23:7That ye come not 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 unto them:So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.
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