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Exodus 20:5–6

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5*Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, because I am the Lord your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth generation. 6*But I show my love to thousands of generationsu of those who love me and obey my laws.

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Footnotes

  1. uthousands of generations; or thousands.

Cross references

  1. *20.4, 5: Ex 34:17; Lv 19:4; 26:1; Dt 4:15–18; 27:15 20.5, 6: Ex 34:6, 7; Nu 14:18; Dt 7:9, 10
  2. *20.4, 5: Ex 34:17; Lv 19:4; 26:1; Dt 4:15–18; 27:15 20.5, 6: Ex 34:6, 7; Nu 14:18; Dt 7:9, 10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing faithful love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commands.

NLTNew Living Translation

You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me. But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.

LEBThe Lexham English 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, and showing loyal love to thousands of generations of those loving me and of those keeping my commandments.

KJV 1900King 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; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.