Exodus 34:14

Contemporary English Version

I demand your complete loyalty—you must not worship any other god!

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
for you shall worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

King James Version
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord , whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Lexham English Bible
For you will not bow in worship to another god, for ‘Yahweh Is Jealous' is his name, he is a jealous God,

New Century Version
Don't worship any other god, because I, the Lord , the Jealous One, am a jealous God.

New English Translation
For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord , whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Amplified Bible
—for you shall not worship any other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His]—

New American Standard Bible
—for you shall not worship any other god, because the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God—

Geneva Bible (1587)
(For thou shalt bow downe to none other god, because the Lord, whose Name is Ielous, is a ielous God)

Legacy Standard Bible
—for you shall not worship any other god, for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God—

Complete Jewish Bible
because you are not to bow down to any other god; since Adonai — whose very name is Jealous — is a jealous God.

Darby Translation
For thou shalt worship no other God; for Jehovah—Jealous is his name—is a jealous God;

Easy-to-Read Version
Don't worship any other god. I am Yahweh Kanah —the jealous Lord . That is my name. I hate for my people to worship other gods.

English Standard Version
(for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord , whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

George Lamsa Translation
For you shall worship no other god; for the LORD whose name is zealous, is a zealous God.

Good News Translation
"Do not worship any other god, because I, the Lord , tolerate no rivals.

Christian Standard Bible®
Because the Lord is jealous for his reputation, you are never to bow down to another god. He is a jealous God.

Literal Translation
For you shall not bow to another god, for Jehovah whose name is Jealous, He is a jealous God;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for thou shalt worshipe no other god. For ye LORDE is called gelous, because he is a gelous God:

American Standard Version
(for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God);

Bible in Basic English
For you are to be worshippers of no other god: for the Lord is a God who will not give his honour to another.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt worship no straunge God: for the Lorde is called ielous, because he is a ielous God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For thou shalt bow down to no other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God;

King James Version (1611)
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Ielous, is a Ielous God:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For ye shall not worship strange gods, for the Lord God, a jealous name, is a jealous God;

English Revised Version
for thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Berean Standard Bible
For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`nyl thou worschipe an alien God; `the Lord a gelous louyere is his name, God is a feruent louyere;

Young's Literal Translation
for ye do not bow yourselves to another god -- for Jehovah, whose name [is] Zealous, is a zealous God.

Update Bible Version
For you shall worship no other god. For Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Webster's Bible Translation
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God:

World English Bible
for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

New King James Version
(for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

New Living Translation
You must worship no other gods, for the Lord , whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.

New Life Bible
For you must not worship any other god. For the Lord, Whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

New Revised Standard
(for you shall worship no other god, because the Lord , whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God).

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For thou shalt not bow thyself down to another GOD, - For as for Yahweh, Jealous, is his name, A jealous GOD, he is:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Adore not any strange god. The Lord his name is jealous, he is a jealous God.

Revised Standard Version
(for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

New American Standard Bible (1995)
—for you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God—

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ The Lord said: I promise to perform miracles for you that have never been seen anywhere on earth. Neighboring nations will stand in fear and know that I was the one who did these marvelous things. ¹¹ I will force out the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, but you must do what I command you today. ¹² Don't make treaties with any of those people. If you do, it will be like falling into a trap. ¹³ Instead, you must destroy their altars and tear down the sacred poles they use in the worship of the goddess Asherah. ¹⁴ I demand your complete loyalty—you must not worship any other god! ¹⁵ Don't make treaties with the people there, or you will soon find yourselves worshiping their gods and taking part in their sacrificial meals. ¹⁶ Your men will even marry their women and be influenced to worship their gods. ¹⁷ Don't make metal images of gods.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

worship: Exodus 20:3-5, Deuteronomy 5:7, Matthew 4:10

whose: Exodus 34:5-7, Exodus 33:19, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 57:15

jealous God: Exodus 20:5, Deuteronomy 5:24, Deuteronomy 6:15, Deuteronomy 29:20, Deuteronomy 32:16, Deuteronomy 32:21, Joshua 24:19, Nahum 1:2, 1 Corinthians 10:22

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:24 - overthrow Numbers 25:11 - that I Deuteronomy 4:24 - a jealous God Deuteronomy 5:9 - a jealous God Deuteronomy 6:14 - not go 1 Kings 14:15 - beyond the river 1 Kings 19:10 - very jealous 2 Kings 17:12 - whereof Psalms 78:58 - moved Isaiah 42:8 - my glory Jeremiah 2:20 - playing Ezekiel 8:3 - provoketh Ezekiel 23:25 - I will set 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what Revelation 19:10 - worship Revelation 22:9 - worship God

Cross-References

Genesis 17:14
Any man who isn't circumcised hasn't kept his promise to me and cannot be one of my people.

Genesis 34:1
Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the women who lived there.

Genesis 34:2
She was seen by Hamor's son Shechem, the leader of the Hivites, and he grabbed her and raped her.

Genesis 34:9
Why don't you start letting your families marry into our families and ours marry into yours?

1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan and the soldier who carried his weapons talked as they went toward the Philistine camp. "It's just the two of us against all those godless men," Jonathan said. "But the Lord can help a few soldiers win a battle just as easily as he can help a whole army. Maybe the Lord will help us win this battle."

1 Samuel 17:26
David asked some soldiers standing nearby, "What will a man get for killing this Philistine and stopping him from insulting our people? Who does that worthless Philistine think he is? He's making fun of the army of the living God!"

1 Samuel 17:36
Sir, I have killed lions and bears that way, and I can kill this worthless Philistine. He shouldn't have made fun of the army of the living God!

2 Samuel 1:20
Don't tell it in Gath or spread the news on the streets of Ashkelon. The godless Philistine women will be happy and jump for joy.

2 Samuel 15:7
Four years later, Absalom said to David, "Please, let me go to Hebron. I have to keep a promise that I made to the Lord ,

Matthew 2:8
He told them, "Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, let me know. I want to go and worship him too."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thou shall worship no other god,.... Than the Lord their God, the one only living and true God, which was the first command given to the people of Israel, and binding upon all men:

for the Lord whose name is Jealous, [is] a jealous God; his name and nature answer to one another; he admits of no rival or competitor in worship; he will not give his glory to another god, or one so called, nor his praise to graven images; and in this he is distinguished from all nominal and fictitious gods, who have many joined with them, and are rivals of them, which gives them no concern, because insensible; but it is otherwise with the Lord, who knows the dishonour done him, and resents it, and is as jealous of any worship being given to another, as the husband is of the honour of his marriage bed; for idolatry is spiritual adultery, as is suggested in the following verse.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are recorded in “the Book of the covenant” (Exo. 20–23; see Exodus 24:7).

Exodus 34:13

Cut down their groves - This is the first reference to what is commonly known as grove-worship. The original word for “grove” in this connection אשׁרה 'ăshêrāh is different from that so rendered in Genesis 21:33. Our translators supposed that what the law commands is the destruction of groves dedicated to the worship of false deities Judges 6:25; 2 Kings 18:4; but inasmuch as the worship of asherah is found associated with that of Astarte, or Ashtoreth Judges 2:13; Jdg 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:4, it seems probable that while Astarte was the personal name of the goddess, the asherah was a symbol of her, probably in some one of her characters, made in wood in some conventional form.

Exodus 34:15-16

An expansion of Exodus 34:12. The unfaithfulness of the nation to its covenant with Yahweh is here for the first time spoken of as a breach of the marriage bond. The metaphor is, in any case, a natural one, but it seems to gain point, if we suppose it to convey an allusion to the abominations connected with pagan worship, such as are spoken of in Numbers 25:1-3.

Exodus 34:21

See Exodus 20:9; Exodus 23:12. There is here added to the commandment a particular caution respecting those times of year when the land calls for most labor. The old verb “to ear” (i. e. to plow) is genuine English.

Exodus 34:24

Neither shall any man desire etc. - Intended to encourage such as might fear the consequences of obeying the divine law in attending to their religious duties. Compare Proverbs 16:7.