11 translations · Hebrew
Exodus 20:5
you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Exodus 20:5 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
- KJV King 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;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
- ASV American Standard Version
- thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- You do not bow yourself to them, nor serve them: for I, your God YHWH, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third and on a fourth [generation] of those hating Me,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- You must not bow down before them or worship them; for I am the Lord your God and I am passionately exclusive. I lay the consequences of the sin of those who hate me on their sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons;
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third [generation], and on the fourth, of those hating Me,
- DBY Darby Translation
- thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth [generation] of them that hate me,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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 to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| לֹֽא־ | lō- | You shall not | H3808 לֹא not |
| תִשְׁתַּחְוֶ֥֣ה | ṯiš·taḥ·wɛh | bow down | H7812 שָׁחָה to bow |
| לָהֶ֖ם֮ | lā·hem | to them | H9005 ל to/for |
| וְלֹ֣א | wə·lō | or | H3808 לֹא not |
| תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ | ṯā·‘ā·ḇə·ḏêm | worship them | H5647 עָבַד to serve |
| כִּ֣י | kî | for | H3588 כִּי for |
| אָֽנֹכִ֞י | ’ā·nō·ḵî | I | H595 אָֽנֹכִ֫י I |
| יְהוָ֤ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | your God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| אֵ֣ל | ’êl | God | H410 אֵל God |
| קַנָּ֔א | qan·nā | am a jealous | H7067 קַנָּא Jealous |
| פֹּ֠קֵד | pō·qêḏ | visiting | H6485 פָּקַד to reckon: list |
| עֲוֺ֨ן | ‘ă·wōn | the iniquity | H5771 עָוֺן iniquity: crime |
| אָבֹ֧ת | ’ā·ḇōṯ | of the fathers | H1 אָב father |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | on | H5921 עַל upon |
| בָּנִ֛ים | bā·nîm | [their] children | H1121 בֵּן son: child |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | to | H5921 עַל upon |
| שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים | šil·lê·šîm | the third | H8029 שִׁלֵּשׁ third |
| וְעַל־ | wə·‘al- | — | H5921 עַל upon |
| רִבֵּעִ֖ים | rib·bê·‘îm | and fourth [generations] | H7256 רִבֵּעַ fourth |
| לְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑י׃ | lə·śō·nə·ʾå̄y | of those who hate Me | H8130 שָׂנֵא to hate |
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 5:9
You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them; for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me;
- Numbers 14:18
‘Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.’
- Deuteronomy 4:24
For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
- Exodus 34:14
for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- Deuteronomy 6:15
for Yahweh your God among you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
- Joshua 24:19
Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve Yahweh, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.
- Exodus 34:6–7
Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth, keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.”
- Joshua 23:7
that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;
- Psalm 109:14
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
- Isaiah 65:6–7
“Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their bosom, your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together”, says Yahweh, “who have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills. Therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
4 “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5 you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
6 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7 “You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Read all of Exodus 20 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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