Exodus 34:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

For you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֛י לֹ֥א תִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה לְאֵ֣ל אַחֵ֑ר כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ קַנָּ֣א שְׁמ֔וֹ אֵ֥ל קַנָּ֖א הֽוּא׃

Transliteration

For not tištaḥăweh to ʾēl ʾaḥēr, for YHWH qannāʾ his šəmô, ʾēl qannāʾ he is.

Grammar Details

• *tištaḥăweh*: imperfect 2nd masculine singular (Hishtaphel) - you shall bow down/worship
• *ʾēl*: masculine singular noun - god
• *ʾaḥēr*: adjective masculine singular - other/another
• *qannāʾ*: adjective masculine singular - jealous/zealous
• *šəmô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name

Word Meanings

• *tištaḥăweh*: bow down/worship/prostrate yourself
• *ʾēl ʾaḥēr*: another god/other god
• *qannāʾ*: jealous/zealous/passionate

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For you must not worship any other god, because the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  for thou shalt worshippe no straunge God For the Lorde is called gelous, because he is a gelous God:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for thou shalt worshipe no other god. For ye LORDE is called gelous, because he is a gelous God:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt worship no straunge God: for the Lorde is called ielous, because he is a ielous God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for ye do not bow yourselves to another god -- for Jehovah, whose name `is' Zealous, is a zealous God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Exod 20:3-5 : 3 You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.
• Deut 4:24 : 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
• Deut 6:15 : 15 (For the LORD your God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD your God be kindled against you, and destroy you from the face of the earth.
• Deut 29:20 : 20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
• Deut 32:21 : 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their idols: and I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
• Nah 1:2 : 2 God is jealous, and the LORD avenges; the LORD avenges and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies.
• Matt 4:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to him, Go away, Satan, for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and only him shall you serve.
• 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Josh 24:19 : 19 And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.
• Deut 32:16 : 16 They provoked him to jealousy with foreign gods, with abominations they provoked him to anger.
• Deut 5:7 : 7 You shall have no other gods before me.
• Deut 5:24 : 24 And you said, Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does talk with man, and he lives.
• Exod 33:19 : 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
• Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth," 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
• Isa 9:6 : 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.