Exodus 20

1 God spoke all these words, saying,

And the Lord spoke all these words, saying:

2 “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 “You shall have no other gods before me.

Thou shalt have no other gods beside me.

4 “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

Thou shalt not make to thyself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.

5 you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,

6 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands [of them], and on them that keep my commandments.

7 “You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord thy God will not acquit him that takes his name in vain.

8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.

9 You shall labor six days, and do all your work,

Six days thou shalt labour, and shalt perform all thy work.

10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor any cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee.

11 for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Honour thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to thee.

13 “You shall not murder.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

14 “You shall not commit adultery.

Thou shalt not steal.

15 “You shall not steal.

Thou shalt not kill.

16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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.”

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to thy neighbour.

18 All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.

And all the people perceived the thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,

19 They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.”

and said to Moses, Speak thou to us, and let not God speak to us, lest we die.

20 Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin.”

And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be among you, that ye sin not.

21 The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.

22 Yahweh said to Moses, “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: ‘You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and thou shalt report it to the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

23 You shall most certainly not make gods of silver or gods of gold for yourselves to be alongside me.

Ye shall not make to yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold ye shall not make to yourselves.

24 You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.

Ye shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it ye shall sacrifice your whole burnt-offerings, and your peace-offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to thee and bless thee.

25 If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

And if thou wilt make to me an altar of stones, thou shalt not build them hewn [stones]; for thou hast lifted up thy tool upon them, and they are defiled.

26 You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’

Thou shalt not go up to my altar by steps, that thou mayest not uncover thy nakedness upon it.