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World English Bible

Exodus 20 (WEBP)

[1] God spoke all these words, saying,
[2] “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
[3] “You shall have no other gods before me.
[4] “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
[5] you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
[6] and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
[7] “You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.
[8] “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
[9] You shall labor six days, and do all your work,
[10] but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
[11] for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
[12] “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
[13] “You shall not murder.
[14] “You shall not commit adultery.
[15] “You shall not steal.
[16] “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
[17] “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
[18] All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.
[19] They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.”
[20] Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin.”
[21] The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.
[22] Yahweh said to Moses, “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: ‘You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
[23] You shall most certainly not make gods of silver or gods of gold for yourselves to be alongside me.
[24] You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
[25] If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
[26] You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’

Exodus 20:1 After “God”, the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.
Exodus 20:7 or, You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Exodus 20 (KJVS)

[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;
[6] And shewing () mercy unto thousands of them that love () me, and keep () my commandments .
[7] Thou shalt not take () the name of the LORD thy God in vain ; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless () that taketh () his name in vain .
[8] Remember () the sabbath day , to keep it holy ().
[9] Six days shalt thou labour (), and do () all thy work :
[10] But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God : [in it] thou shalt not do () any work , thou, nor thy son , nor thy daughter , thy manservant , nor thy maidservant , nor thy cattle , nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates :
[11] For [in] six days the LORD made () heaven and earth , the sea , and all that in them [is], and rested () the seventh day : wherefore the LORD blessed () the sabbath day , and hallowed () it.
[12] Honour () thy father and thy mother : that thy days may be long () upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth () thee.
[13] Thou shalt not kill ().
[14] Thou shalt not commit adultery ().
[15] Thou shalt not steal ().
[16] Thou shalt not bear () false witness against thy neighbour .
[17] Thou shalt not covet () thy neighbour’s house , thou shalt not covet () thy neighbour’s wife , nor his manservant , nor his maidservant , nor his ox , nor his ass , nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour’s .
[18] And all the people saw () the thunderings , and the lightnings , and the noise of the trumpet , and the mountain smoking : and when the people saw () [it], they removed (), and stood () afar off .
[19] And they said () unto Moses , Speak () thou with us, and we will hear (): but let not God speak () with us, lest we die ().
[20] And Moses said () unto the people , Fear () not: for God is come () to prove () you, and that his fear may be before your faces , that ye sin () not.
[21] And the people stood () afar off , and Moses drew near () unto the thick darkness where God [was].
[22] And the LORD said () unto Moses , Thus thou shalt say () unto the children of Israel , Ye have seen () that I have talked () with you from heaven .
[23] Ye shall not make () with me gods of silver , neither shall ye make () unto you gods of gold .
[24] An altar of earth thou shalt make () unto me, and shalt sacrifice () thereon thy burnt offerings , and thy peace offerings , thy sheep , and thine oxen : in all places where I record () my name I will come () unto thee, and I will bless () thee.
[25] And if thou wilt make () me an altar of stone , thou shalt not build () it of hewn stone : for if thou lift up () thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted () it.
[26] Neither shalt thou go up () by steps unto mine altar , that thy nakedness be not discovered () thereon.

Young’s Literal Translation

Exodus 20 (YLT)

[1] ‘And God speaketh all these words, saying,
[2] I am Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.
[3] ‘Thou hast no other Gods before Me.
[4] ‘Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth.
[5] Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, am a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third generation, and on the fourth, of those hating Me,
[6] and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.
[7] ‘Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.
[8] ‘Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;
[9] six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,
[10] and the seventh day is a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates,-
[11] for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.
[12] ‘Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
[13] ‘Thou dost not murder.
[14] ‘Thou dost not commit adultery.
[15] ‘Thou dost not steal.
[16] ‘Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.
[17] ‘Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which is thy neighbour’s.’
[18] And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,
[19] and say unto Moses, ‘Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.’
[20] And Moses saith unto the people, ‘Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces-that ye sin not.’
[21] And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God is.
[22] And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel: Ye-ye have seen that from the heavens I have spoken with you;
[23] ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.
[24] ‘An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy flock and thy herd; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I come in unto thee, and have blessed thee.
[25] ‘And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;
[26] neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.