Deuteronomy 5:9

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;

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WEBBE

You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD 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

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,

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,

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;

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;

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לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה tish·ta·cha·veh you must bow down H7812 לָהֶם la·hem to them H9038 וְלֹא ve·lo' and not H3808 תָעָבְדֵם ta·'a·ve·dem you must be enticed to serve them H5647 כִּי ki for H3588 אָנֹכִי 'a·no·khi I H595 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֱלֹהֶיךָ 'e·lo·hei·kha God your H430 אֵל 'el [am] a God H410 קַנָּא ka·na' jealous H7067 פֹּקֵד po·ked [who] visits H6485 עֲוֹן 'a·von [the] iniquity of H5771 אָבוֹת 'a·vot parents H1 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 בָּנִים ba·nim children H1121 וְעַל־ ve·'al- and on H5921 שִׁלֵּשִׁים shi·le·shim a third generation H8029 וְעַל־ ve·'al- and on H5921 רִבֵּעִים ri·be·'im a fourth generation H7256 לְשֹׂנְאָי le·so·ne·'ai of [those who] hate me H8130

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–22

There is some variation here from Ex 20 as between the Lord's prayer in Mt 6 and Lu 11. It is more necessary that we tie ourselves to the things, than to the words unalterably. The original reason for hallowing the sabbath, taken from God's resting from the work of creation on the seventh day, is not here mentioned. Though this ever remains in force, it is not the only reason. Here it is taken from Israel's deliverance out of Egypt; for that was typical of our redemption by Jesus Christ, in remembrance of which the Christian sabbath was to be observed. In the resurrection of Christ we were brought into the glorious liberty of the children of God, with a mighty hand, and an outstretched arm. How sweet is it to a soul truly distressed under the terrors of a broken law, to hear the mild and soul-reviving language of the gospel!

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.