^5:17You must not murder.²⁴^5:18You must not commit adultery. ^5:19You must not steal. ^5:20You must not offer false testimony against another.²⁵^5:21You must not desire²⁶ another man’s²⁷ wife, nor should you crave his²⁸ house, his field, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, or anything else he owns.”²⁹

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Footnotes

24 Traditionally “kill” (so , , , ). The verb here (רָצַח, ratsakh) is generic for homicide but in the OT both killing in war and capital punishment were permitted and even commanded (Deut 13:5, 9; 20:13, 16–17), so the technical meaning here is “murder.”
25 Heb “your neighbor.” Clearly this is intended generically, however, and not to be limited only to those persons who live nearby (frequently the way “neighbor” is understood in contemporary contexts). So also in v. 20.
26 The Hebrew verb used here (חָמַד, khamad) is different from the one translated “crave” (אָוַה, ’avah) in the next line. The former has sexual overtones (“lust” or the like; cf. Song of Sol 2:3) whereas the latter has more the idea of a desire or craving for material things.
27 Heb “your neighbor’s.” See note on the term “fellow man” in v. .
28 Heb “your neighbor’s.” The pronoun is used in the translation for stylistic reasons.
29 Heb “or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“ ‘You shall not murder.

“ ‘And you shall not commit adultery.

“ ‘And you shall not steal.

“ ‘And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

“ ‘And you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. And you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“You shall not murder.

“You shall not commit adultery.

“You shall not steal.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not murder.

Do not commit adultery.

Do not steal.

Do not give dishonest testimony against your neighbor.

Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You must not murder.

“You must not commit adultery.

“You must not steal.

“You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.

“You must not covet your neighbor’s wife. You must not covet your neighbor’s house or land, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

‘You shall not murder.

‘And you shall not commit adultery.

‘And you shall not steal.

‘And you shall not falsely bear evidence against your neighbor.

‘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.’

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou shalt not kill. Neither shalt thou commit adultery. Neither shalt thou steal. Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

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