Deuteronomy 6 · Verse 14

Deuteronomy 6:14

Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
Deuteronomy 6:14, King James Version

Deuteronomy 6:14 in other translations

BSBDo not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
WEBYou shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you,
ASVYe shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;
YLTye do not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are round about you;
DARBYYe shall not go after othergods, of thegods of the peoples that are round about you;
BBEDo not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about you;
WebsterYe shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are around you;

What does Deuteronomy 6:14 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Ye shall not go after other gods - The object of religious worship among every people, whether that object be true or false, is ever considered as the pattern or exemplar to his worshippers. Christians are termed the followers of God; they take God for their pattern, and walk - act, as he does. Hence we see the meaning of the terms in this verse: Ye shall not go after - ye shall not take false gods for your patterns. The Canaanites, Greeks, Romans, etc., were a most impure people, because the objects of their worship were impure, and they went after them, i. e., were like their gods. This serves to show us that such as our Redeemer is, such should we be; and indeed this is the uniform language of God to man: Be ye holy, for I am holy, Lev 21:8; Be ye perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect, Mat 5:48.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:6-16

Here are means for maintaining and keeping up religion in our hearts and houses. 1. Meditation. God's words must be laid up in our hearts, that our thoughts may be daily employed about them. 2. The religious education of children. Often repeat these things to them. Be careful and exact in teaching thy children. Teach these truths to all who are any way under thy care. 3. Pious discourse. Thou shalt talk of these…

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Deuteronomy 6:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תֵֽלְכ֔וּןte.le.Khunyou will walk !H1980
אַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
אֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430
אֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimotherH312
מֵאֱלֹהֵי֙me.'e.lo.Heiany of [the] gods ofH430
הָֽעַמִּ֔יםha.'a.Mimthe peoplesH5971
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶֽם\׃se.vi.vo.tei.Khem[are] around youH5439

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 6:14

  • Jeremiah 25:6

    And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

  • Deuteronomy 13:7

    Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

  • 1 John 5:21

    Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

  • Deuteronomy 8:19

    And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

  • Deuteronomy 11:28

    And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

  • Exodus 34:14-16

    For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
not go.
8:19; 11:28; Ex 34:14-16; Jer 25:6; 1Jo 5:21
of the gods.
13:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 6:13

    Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

  • Deuteronomy 6:14

    Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;

  • Deuteronomy 6:15

    (For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

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Deuteronomy 6:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No andaréis en pos de dioses ajenos, de los dioses de los pueblos que están en vuestros contornos:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Vous n’irez point après d’autres dieux, d’entre les dieux des peuples qui seront autour de vous;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ihr sollt nicht anderen Göttern nachgehen, von den Göttern der Völker, die rings um euch her sind;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non ibitis post deos alienos cunctarum gentium, quæ in circuitu vestro sunt: