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Exodus 20:3–4

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3“aYou shall have no other bgods 1before Me.

4“aYou shall not make for yourself 1an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or besides Me
  2. 1Or a graven image

Cross references

  1. aDeut 6:14; 2 Kin 17:35; Jer 25:6; 35:15
  2. bEx 15:11; 20:23
  3. aLev 19:4; 26:1; Deut 4:15–19; 27:15

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You shall have no other gods before me.

“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“You shall have no other gods before me.

“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not have other gods besides me. Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You must not have any other god but me.

“You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“There shall be for you no other gods before me.

“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.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: