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Exodus 20:12-17 GW
"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live for a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving you. (13) "Never murder. (14) "Never commit adultery. (15) "Never steal. (16) "Never lie when you testify about your neighbor. (17) "Never desire to take your neighbor's household away from him. "Never desire to take your neighbor's wife, his male or female slave, his ox, his donkey, or anything else that belongs to him."
Exodus 20:12-17 MKJV
(12) Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
(13) You shall not kill.
(14) You shall not commit adultery.
(15) You shall not steal.
(16) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
(17) You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is your neighbor's.
Exodus 20:12-17 CEV
Respect your father and your mother, and you will live a long time in the land I am giving you. (13) Do not murder. (14) Be faithful in marriage. (15) Do not steal. (16) Do not tell lies about others. (17) Do not want anything that belongs to someone else. Don't want anyone's house, wife or husband, slaves, oxen, donkeys or anything else.
Exodus 20:12-17 LITV
(12) Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long on the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you.
(13) You shall not murder.
(14) You shall not commit adultery.
(15) You shall not steal.
(16) You shall not testify a witness of falsehood against your neighbor.
(17) You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male slave, or his slave-girl, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which belongs to your neighbor.
Exodus 20:12-17 NWT
12 "Honor your father and your mother in order that your days may prove long upon the ground that Jehovah your God is giving you. 13 "You must not murder. 14 "You must not commit adultery. 15 "You must not steal. 16 "You must not testify falsely as a witness against your fellowman. 17 "You must not desire your fellowman's house. You must not desire your fellowman's wife, nor his slave man nor his slave girl nor his bull nor his ass nor anything that belongs to your fellowman."
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation