Psalms 81:9
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Psalms 81:9 in other translations
| BSB | There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god. |
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| WEB | There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god. |
| ASV | There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god. |
| YLT | There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god. |
| DARBY | There shall no strangegod be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreigngod. |
| BBE | There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god. |
| Webster | There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. |
What does Psalms 81:9 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 81:8-16
We cannot look for too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. We may have enough from God, if we pray for it in faith. All the wickedness of the world is owing to man's wilfulness. People are not religious, because they will not be so. God is not the Author of their sin, he leaves them to the lusts of their own hearts, and the counsels of their own heads; if they do not well, the blame must be upon…
Psalms 81:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 81:9
- Isaiah 43:12
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.
- Deuteronomy 32:12
So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
- 1 Corinthians 8:5-6
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
- Malachi 2:11
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
- Deuteronomy 6:14
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
- Exodus 20:3-5
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 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: 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;
- Psalms 44:20
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
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Context
- Psalms 81:8
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
- Psalms 81:9
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
- Psalms 81:10
I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Psalms 81:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No habrá en ti dios ajeno, ni te encorvarás á dios extraño. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Écoute, mon peuple, et je témoignerai au milieu de toi; Israël, oh! si tu voulais m’écouter! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es soll kein fremder Gott unter dir sein, und du sollst dich nicht bücken vor einem Gott des Auslandes. |