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Berean Standard Bible

“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,”

Deuteronomy 5:9

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Study note

Moses repeats the Ten Commandments to a new generation about to enter the promised land. This verse comes from the explanation attached to the ban on idols.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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,

World English Bible (WEB)

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, and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me;

King James Version (KJV)

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto 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,

American Standard Version (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, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

No te inclinarás á ellas ni les servirás: porque yo soy Jehová tu Dios, fuerte, celoso, que visito la iniquidad de los padres sobre los hijos, y sobre los terceros, y sobre los cuartos, á los que me aborrecen,

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

No te inclinarás delante de imagen alguna para adorarla de ninguna forma, porque yo, el Señor tu Dios; soy un Dios celoso. Yo castigo la maldad que haga un jefe de clan, incluyendo la tercera y cuarta generación de los que me odian; pero muestro misericordia a muchas generaciones de los que me aman y obedecen mis mandamientos.

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