Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
KJV
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;
⋯
Commentary
1 voiceVoices on this verse
loading…Original language & word study
21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| תִשְׁתַּחְוֶ֥֣ה | tish.tach.Veh | you must bow down | H7812 → |
| לָהֶ֖ם֮ | la.Hem | to <the> them | |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ | ta.'a.ve.Dem | you must be enticed to serve them | H5647 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| אָֽנֹכִ֞י | 'a.no.Khi | I | H595 → |
| יְהוָ֤ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | God your | H430 → |
| אֵ֣ל | 'el | [am] a God | H410 → |
| קַנָּ֔א | ka.Na' | jealous | H7067 → |
| פֹּ֠קֵד | Po.ked | visiting | H6485 → |
| עֲוֹ֨ן | 'a.Von | iniquity of | H5771 → |
| אָבֹ֧ת | 'a.Vot | fathers | H1 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| בָּנִ֛ים | ba.Nim | children | H1121 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים | shi.le.Shim | a third generation | H8029 → |
| וְעַל־ | ve.'al- | and on | H5921 → |
| רִבֵּעִ֖ים | ri.be.'Im | a fourth generation | H7256 → |
| לְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑י׃ | le.so.ne.'Ai | of [those who] hate me | H8130 → |
The walk
Featured studies on this passage
Walks through Exodus 20
Egypt
Open the study →
Walks through Exodus 20
Naboth's Vineyard — 1 Kings 21
Open the study →
Walks through Exodus 20
The Altar
Open the study →
Walks through Exodus 20
The Name
Open the study →
Walks through Exodus 20
The Ten Commandments — Exodus 19–20
Open the study →
Walks through Exodus 20
Tradition and Commandment
Open the study →
About Exodus

