Deuteronomy 5:7
Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
Deuteronomy 5:7 in other translations
| BSB | You shall have no other gods before Me. |
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| WEB | “You shall have no other gods before me. |
| ASV | Thou shalt have no other gods before me. |
| YLT | ‘Thou hast no other gods in My presence. |
| DARBY | Thou shalt have no othergods before me. |
| BBE | You are to have no other gods but me. |
| Webster | Thou shalt have no other gods before me. |
What does Deuteronomy 5:7 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…
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…
Deuteronomy 5:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 5:7
- Exodus 20:3
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
- Matthew 4:10
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- 1 John 5:21
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
- John 5:23
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 5:6
I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
- Deuteronomy 5:7
Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
- Deuteronomy 5:8
Thou shalt not make 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 waters beneath the earth:
Deuteronomy 5:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No tendrás dioses extraños delante de mí. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu n’auras point d’autres dieux devant ma face. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du sollst keine anderen Götter haben neben mir. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non habebis deos alienos in conspectu meo. |