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Deuteronomy 5:9

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 and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me;

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Deuteronomy 5:9 in other translations

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, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me;

Deuteronomy 5:9 · American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 5:9 in context

  1. 7“You shall have no other gods before me.
  2. 8“You shall not make a carved image for yourself—any likeness of what is in heaven above, or what is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
  3. 9You 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;
  4. 10and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
  5. 11“You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God; for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.