Ten Commandments NIV
Exodus 20 NIV |
Deuteronomy 5 NIV |
| "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. | "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. |
First Commandment | |
| "You shall have no other gods before me. | "You shall have no other gods before me. |
Second Commandment | |
| "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments. | "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. |
Third Commandment | |
| "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. | "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. |
Fourth Commandment | |
| "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. | "Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor the alien within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest, as you do. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day. |
Fifth Commandment | |
| "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. | "Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you. |
Sixth Commandment | |
| "You shall not murder. | "You shall not murder. |
Seventh Commandment | |
| "You shall not commit adultery. | "You shall not commit adultery. |
Eighth Commandment | |
| "You shall not steal. | "You shall not steal. |
Ninth Commandment | |
| "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. | "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. |
Tenth Commandment | |
| "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." | "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor's house or land, his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." |
The Ten Commandments are given twice in the Bible, once in Exodus 20, and the second time in Deuteronomy 5. The NIV Bible verses are aligned in the table above to show the differences between the two versions of the Ten Commandments. The New International Version is Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. The NIV was changed to have gender-neutral language and called the TNIV. Because the TNIV was not accepted by many Christians the editors of the NIV decided to update the NIV using the TNIV as the base text while reviewing and removing some of the gender-neutral changes.
Deuteronomy 5
4 The Lord talked with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire.
5 I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain. He said:
6 ‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
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