Exodus 20

1 And God said all these words:

And God spoke all these words, saying,

2 I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

I [am] the LORD thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 You are to have no other gods but me.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:

Thou shalt not make to 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:

5 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;

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 to the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;

6 And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.

And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

7 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

Thou 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.

8 Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.

Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy.

9 On six days do all your work:

Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:

10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:

But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:

11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.

For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it.

12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

13 Do not put anyone to death without cause.

Thou shalt not kill.

14 Do not be false to the married relation.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

15 Do not take the property of another.

Thou shalt not steal.

16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

17 Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbor's.

18 And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.

And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off.

19 And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.

And they said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

20 And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.

And Moses said to the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

21 And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God [was].

22 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You yourselves have seen that my voice has come to you from heaven

And the LORD said to Moses, Thus thou shalt say to the children of Israel; Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

23 Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.

Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make to you gods of gold.

24 Make for me an altar of earth, offering on it your burned offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen: in every place where I have put the memory of my name, I will come to you and give you my blessing.

An altar of earth thou shalt make to me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thy oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to thee, and I will bless thee.

25 And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the touch of an instrument will make it unclean.

And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou [shalt] lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

26 And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.

Neither shalt thou go up by steps to my altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.