| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1Then God spoke all these words, saying, | 1And God spoke all these words, saying, |
| 2"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. | 2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. |
| 3"You shall have no other gods before Me. | 3“You shall have no other gods before me. |
| 4"You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. | 4“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. |
| 5"You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, | 5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, |
| 6but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. | 6but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. |
| 7"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain. | 7“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. |
| 8"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. | 8“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. |
| 9"Six days you shall labor and do all your work, | 9Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, |
| 10but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. | 10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. |
| 11"For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy. | 11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. |
| 12"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. | 12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. |
| 13"You shall not murder. | 13“You shall not murder. |
| 14"You shall not commit adultery. | 14“You shall not commit adultery. |
| 15"You shall not steal. | 15“You shall not steal. |
| 16"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. | 16“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. |
| 17"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor." | 17“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” |
| 18All the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance. | 18Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off |
| 19Then they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die." | 19and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” |
| 20Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin." | 20Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” |
| 21So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick cloud where God was. | 21The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. |
| 22Then the LORD said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven. | 22And the LORD said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven. |
| 23You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves. | 23You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. |
| 24'You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you. | 24An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you. |
| 25'If you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it. | 25If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it. |
| 26'And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.' | 26And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.’ |
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