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[Exodus 20]

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, 21st Century King James Version (KJ21®), Copyright © 1994, Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237, and used by permission.


the second book of moses
called

Exodus

Chapter 20

1The Ten Commandments.

1  And G-d spake all these words, saying,
1And G-d spoke all these words, saying:
2  I am the L-RD thy G-d, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
2“I am the L-rd thy G-d, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3  Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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:
4“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven 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. 5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them;  for I, the L-rd thy G-d, am a jealous G-d, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me, 6and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me and keep My commandments.
5  Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:  for I the L-RD thy G-d am a jealous G-d, 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 L-RD thy G-d in vain;  for the L-RD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
7“Thou shalt not take the name of the L-rd thy G-d in vain, for the L-rd will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.
8  Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
8“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work; 10but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the L-rd thy G-d.  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 L-rd made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day.  Therefore the L-rd blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
9  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10  But the seventh day is the sabbath of the L-RD thy G-d:  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 L-RD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day:  wherefore the L-RD 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 L-RD thy G-d giveth thee.
12“Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the L-rd thy G-d giveth thee.
13  Thou shalt not kill.
13“Thou shalt not kill.
14  Thou shalt not commit adultery.
14“Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15  Thou shalt not steal.
15“Thou shalt not steal.
16  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
16“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
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.
17“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house;  thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.”

Compare the Online Bible Text: KJV with:
 
Classic Comparative: Side-by-Side Bible. King James Version. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2011.

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The King James Version is in the public domain.  The 21st Century King James Version® is not.