Exodus 20:3
Thou shalt not have other gods besides me.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 15:11Who is, like unto thee, among the mighty O Yahweh? Who is, like unto thee, Majestic in holiness,—To be revered in praises, Doing a marvellous thing?
Exodus 22:19Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 5:7Thou shalt not have other gods, besides me:
Deuteronomy 6:14Ye shall not go after other gods,—of the gods of the peoples who are surrounding you;
Judges 6:10Yea and I said to you,—I, Yahweh, am your God, Ye must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye are about to dwell,—But ye have not hearkened unto my voice.
2 Kings 17:29Howbeit the nations severally were making their own gods,—and did put them in the houses of the high places, which, the Samaritans, had made, each several nation, in their cities wherein, they, were dwelling.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:2-12
The Ten Commandments. ( b. c. 1491.) 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… Read the whole commentary →