Exodus 20:2

Exodus 20:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
• New International Version (NIV)“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Context of Exodus 20:2

1Then God spoke all these words saying, “I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3“You shall have no other gods before Me. 4Do not make for yourself a graven image , or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or on the earth below or in the water under the earth.

Exodus 20:2 word by word

אָֽנֹכִ֖י֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֧ר הוֹצֵאתִ֛יךָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֣֥ית עֲבָדִיֽ֑ם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• which have broughtיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• thee out of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• out of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• of bondageעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650

Cross-references for Exodus 20:2

• Genesis 17:7Yes, I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, in order to be your God and your seed’s God after you.
• Leviticus 26:1“You are not to make idols for yourselves, nor raise up an engraved image or a standing-stone, or place any carved stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am Adonai your God.
• Deuteronomy 5:6‘I am Adonai your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
• Deuteronomy 6:4“Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one .
• 2 Chronicles 28:5Therefore Adonai his God gave him into the hand of the king of Aram who defeated him and took away from him many prisoners and brought them to Damascus. He was also given into the hand of the king of Israel, who inflicted many casualties on him.
• Psalms 50:7“Hear, My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
• Psalms 81:10Let there be no foreign god among you, and you shall not worship any alien god.
• Jeremiah 31:1Thus says Adonai: “The people surviving the sword found grace in the wilderness— where I gave Israel rest.”
• Hosea 13:4“Yet I have been Adonai your God since the land of Egypt. You should know no God but Me, and there is no Savior apart from Me.
• Romans 3:29Is God the God of the Jewish people only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also.
• Romans 10:12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all—richly generous to all who call on Him.
• Exodus 10:1Then Adonai said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, because I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, so that I might show these My signs in their midst,
• Exodus 11:1Now Adonai had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague upon Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether from here.
• Exodus 12:1Now Adonai spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,
• Exodus 13:1Adonai spoke to Moses saying,
• Exodus 14:1Adonai spoke to Moses saying,

Commentaries on Exodus 20:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I am the Lord thy God - אלהיך יהוה Yehovah eloheycha . On the word Jehovah, which we here translate Lord, see Clarke's note on Genesis 2:4, and see Clarke's note on Exodus 6:3. And on the word Elohim, here translated God, see Clarke's note on Genesis 1:1. It is worthy of remark that each individual is addressed here, and not the people collectively, though they are all necessarily included; that each might feel that he was bound for himself to hear and do…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-17Verses 1-17 The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the ten commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 10:4. It literally means “the Ten Words.” The Ten Commandments are also called the law, even the commandment Exodus 24:12, the words of the covenant Exodus 34:28, the tables of the covenant Deuteronomy 9:9, the covenant Deuteronomy 4:13, the two tables Deuteronomy 9:10, Deuteronomy 9:17, and, most…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2This sentence is part of the introduction in the ancient covenant format. It provides the historical context that makes the agreement between two groups possible and reasonable. We are told that the LORD your God offered the covenant. He was not an unknown god who offered this special relationship. He was the God of Israel’s ancestors who showed his power and care directly to them. This revelation was a gracious act of rescue, proving he is the only God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. I am the Lord thy God--This is a preface to the ten commandments--the latter clause being specially applicable to the case of the Israelites, while the former brings it home to all mankind; showing that the reasonableness of the law is founded in their eternal relation as creatures to their Creator, and their mutual relations to each other.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• God
• Egypt, Egyptian
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Commit
• Covet
• Grave
• Guiltless
• Hold
• Likeness

Commentaries on Exodus 20

• 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