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Exodus 20:5 KJV
Exodus · chapter 20 · verse 5
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;Exodus 20:5 · King James Version
Exodus 20:5 in context
3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4Thou 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:
5Thou 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;
6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Commentary
Cross references
- Deuteronomy 5:9
- Numbers 14:18
- Deuteronomy 4:24
- Exodus 34:14
- Joshua 24:19
- Isaiah 65:6-7
- Jeremiah 32:18
- Psalms 109:14
Key words (Strong's)
- visitingpâqadto visitH6485 →
- iniquityʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- jealousqannâʼjealousH7067 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- serveʻâbadto workH5647 →
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Here is, I. The preface of the law-writer, Moses: God spoke all these words, Exo 20:1. The law of the ten commandments is, 1. A law of God's making. They are enjoined by the infinite eternal Majesty of heaven and earth. And where the word of the King of kings is surely there is power. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11