New International Reader's Version

Exodus 20:1-5 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

1. Here are all of the words God spoke. He said,

2. "I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. That is the land where you were slaves.

3. "Do not put any other gods in place of me.

4. "Do not make statues of gods that look like anything in the sky or on the earth or in the waters.

5. Do not bow down to them or worship them. I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. I punish the children for the sin of their parents. I punish the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of those who hate me.