Exodus 20:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

Exodus 20:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Exodus 20:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Exodus 20:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““You shall have no other gods before me.”

Exodus 20:3 — World English Bible

Exodus 20:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

Exodus 20:3 — American Standard Version

Exodus 20:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`Thou hast no other Gods before Me.”

Exodus 20:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 20:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Thou shalt have no othergods before me.”

Exodus 20:3 — Darby Translation

Exodus 20:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Thou shalt haue none other Gods before me.”

Exodus 20:3 — Geneva Bible

Exodus 20:3 in Context — Exodus 20

1 And God spake all these words, saying,

2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

5 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;

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What Does Exodus 20:3 Mean?

Exodus 20:3 is a verse from the Book of Exodus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Exodus chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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