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Exodus 20:5

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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,

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Exodus 20:5 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, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,

Exodus 20:5 · American Standard Version

Exodus 20:5 in context

  1. 3“You shall have no other gods before me.
  2. 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:
  3. 5you 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,
  4. 6and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
  5. 7“You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.