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Psalm 81:8–9

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8“My people, listen and I will warn you.

Israel, I wish you would listen to me!

9Don’t have anything to do with the gods of other nations.

Don’t bow down and worship strange gods.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!

O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

There shall be no strange god among you;

you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Hear me, my people, and I will warn you—

if you would only listen to me, Israel!

You shall have no foreign god among you;

you shall not worship any god other than me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Listen, my people, and I will admonish you.

Israel, if you would only listen to me!

There must not be a strange god among you;

you must not bow down to a foreign god.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings.

O Israel, if you would only listen to me!

You must never have a foreign god;

you must not bow down before a false god.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you;

O Israel, if you would but listen to me.

There shall be no strange god among you,

and you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

KJV 1900King James Version

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee:

O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

There shall no strange god be in thee;

Neither shalt thou worship any strange god.