Exodus 20
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
1 Ref And God said all these words:
2 Ref I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
3 Ref You are to have no other gods but me.
4 Ref You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:
5 Ref 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;
6 Ref And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.
7 Ref 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
8 Ref Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.
9 Ref On six days do all your work:
10 Ref 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:
11 Ref 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.
12 Ref 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.
13 Ref Do not put anyone to death without cause.
14 Ref Do not be false to the married relation.
15 Ref Do not take the property of another.
16 Ref Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
17 Ref 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.
18 Ref 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.
19 Ref 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.
20 Ref 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.
21 Ref And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.
22 Ref 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
23 Ref Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.
24 Ref 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.
25 Ref 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.
26 Ref And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.
American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)
1 Ref And God spake all these words, saying,
2 Ref I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Ref Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Ref Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor 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 Ref 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, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
6 Ref and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
7 Ref Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8 Ref Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Ref Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
10 Ref but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah 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 Ref for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Ref Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
14 Ref Thou shalt not commit adultery.
16 Ref Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
17 Ref 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 anything that is thy neighbor's.
18 Ref And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.
19 Ref And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
20 Ref And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.
21 Ref And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
22 Ref And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
23 Ref Ye shall not make `other gods' with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.
24 Ref An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.
25 Ref And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
26 Ref Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.
King James Version (KJV)
1 Ref And God spake all these words, saying,
2 Ref I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Ref Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Ref Thou shalt not make unto 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 Ref 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 unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 Ref And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Ref 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 Ref Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Ref Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:
10 Ref 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 manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 Ref For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Ref Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
14 Ref Thou shalt not commit adultery.
16 Ref Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
17 Ref Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
18 Ref 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 Ref And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
20 Ref And Moses said unto 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 Ref And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
22 Ref And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
23 Ref Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
24 Ref An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
25 Ref And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
26 Ref Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
