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Deuteronomy 5:7

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5:7You must not have any other gods5 besides me.6

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Footnotes

  1. 5 Heb “there must not be for you other gods.” The expression “for you” indicates possession.
  2. 6 Heb “upon my face,” or “before me” (עַל־פָּנָיַ, ’al-panaya). Some understand this in a locative sense: “in my sight.” The translation assumes that the phrase indicates exclusion. The idea is that of placing any other god before the Lord in the sense of taking his place. Contrary to the view of some, this does not leave the door open for a henotheistic system where the Lord is the primary god among others. In its literary context the statement must be taken in a monotheistic sense. See, e.g., 4:39; 6:13–15.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“ ‘You shall have no other gods before me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“You shall have no other gods before me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not have other gods besides me.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You must not have any other god but me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

There shall not be for you other gods besides me.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou shalt have none other gods before me.