Deuteronomy 5 · Verse 18

Deuteronomy 5:18

Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Deuteronomy 5:18, King James Version

Deuteronomy 5:18 in other translations

BSBYou shall not commit adultery.
WEB“You shall not commit adultery.
ASVNeither shalt thou commit adultery.
YLT‘Thou dost not commit adultery.
DARBYNeither shalt thou commit adultery.
BBEDo not be false to the married relation.
WebsterNeither shalt thou commit adultery.

What does Deuteronomy 5:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 5:6-20

6-20. I am the Lord thy God--The word "Lord" is expressive of authority or dominion; and God, who by natural claim as well as by covenant relation was entitled to exercise supremacy over His people Israel, had a sovereign right to establish laws for their government. [See on Ex 20:2.] The commandments which follow are, with a few slight verbal alterations, the same as formerly recorded (Ex 20:1-17), and in some of…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:6-22

There is some variation here from Ex 20 as between the Lord's prayer in Mt 6 and Lu 11. It is more necessary that we tie ourselves to the things, than to the words unalterably. The original reason for hallowing the sabbath, taken from God's resting from the work of creation on the seventh day, is not here mentioned. Though this ever remains in force, it is not the only reason. Here it is taken from Israel's…

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Deuteronomy 5:18 in the original Hebrew

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וְלֹ֖֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
תִּֿנְאָֽ֑ף\׃\ \סtne.'Afyou must commit adulteryH5003

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 5:18

  • Exodus 20:14

    Thou shalt not commit adultery.

  • Luke 18:20

    Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

  • Matthew 5:27-28

    Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

  • Leviticus 20:10

    And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

  • Proverbs 6:32-33

    But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

  • James 2:10-11

    For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

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Ex 20:14; Pr 6:32,33; Mt 5:27,28; Lu 18:20; Jas 2:10,11

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Deuteronomy 5:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No adulterarás.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu ne commettras point adultère.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und du sollst nicht ehebrechen. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		neque mœchaberis,