| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1And 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 bondage. | 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 a carved image—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; | 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. |
| 5you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and 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 mercy 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 hold him guiltless 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. |
| 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work, | 9Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, |
| 10but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. | 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. |
| 11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. | 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 long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving 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, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” | 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.” |
| 18Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. | 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, “You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.” | 19and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” |
| 20And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before 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 afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness 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 children of Israel: ‘You have seen that I have talked with 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 anything to be with 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. |
| 24An altar of earth you shall make 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 record My name I will come to you, and I will 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. |
| 25And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned 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. |
| 26Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.’ | 26And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.’ |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. |
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