Deuteronomy 5:21

Deuteronomy 5:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
• New International Version (NIV)“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"'And you shall not covet your neighbor's wife. And you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’

Context of Deuteronomy 5:21

19‘You shall not steal. 20‘You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. ‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male slave or his female slave, his ox, his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’ 22“These words the Lord spoke to your whole assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, from the cloud, and from the thick darkness, with a great voice, and He added nothing more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. 23And when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you approached me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders.

Deuteronomy 5:21 word by word

וְלֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ד אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֶ֑ךָ ס וְלֹ֨א תִתְאַוֶּ֜ה בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֗ךָ שָׂדֵ֜הוּ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ שׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְרֵעֶֽךָ׃ סRead the interlinear

• You shall not covetחָמַדchâmad · to desireH2530
• your neighbor’sרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• desireאָוָה'âvâh · to desireH183
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• his fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• his maleעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• or his femaleאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
• his oxשׁוֹרshôr · cattleH7794
• his donkeyחֲמוֹרchămôr chămôr · donkeyH2543
• or anythingכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 5:21

• Exodus 20:17“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
• 1 Kings 21:1Now it came about after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab, the king of Samaria.
• Micah 2:2They covet fields, so they seize them; And houses, so they take them. They exploit a man and his house, A person and his inheritance.
• Habakkuk 2:9“Woe to him who makes evil profit for his household, To put his nest on high, To be saved from the hand of catastrophe!
• Luke 12:15But He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one is affluent does his life consist of his possessions.”
• Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Far from it! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
• Romans 13:9For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
• 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
• 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
• Hebrews 13:5Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever abandon you,”

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 5:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21His field - This clause is not in the tenth commandment as it stands in Exodus 20:17.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-21Verses 6-21 Compare Mark 10:19 and Paul Ephesians 6:2-3 deal similarly with the same subject. Speaker and hearers recognized, however, a statutory and authoritative form of the laws in question, which, because it was familiar to both parties, needed not to be reproduced with verbal fidelity. Deuteronomy 5:12-15 The exhortation to observe the Sabbath and allow time of rest to servants (compare Exodus 23:12) is pointed by reminding the people that they too…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-22Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21covet: This commandment is different because it addresses a desire, not an action. An evil desire is as offensive to God as an evil deed (see Matthew 5:27–28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, ... house, his field--An alteration is here made in the words (see Ex 20:17), but it is so slight ("wife" being put in the first clause and "house" in the second) that it would not have been worth while noticing it, except that the interchange proves, contrary to the opinion of some eminent critics, that these two objects are included in one and the same commandment.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 5:21

• Commandments
• Covetousness
• Decalogue
• Law
• Obedience
• Property
• Table

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings