Deuteronomy 5:21 — Bible Verse (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.”
Deuteronomy 5:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 5:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 5:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you 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.””
Deuteronomy 5:21 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 5:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor’s wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor’s house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor’s.”
Deuteronomy 5:21 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 5:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`Thou dost not desire thy neighbour's wife; nor dost thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, and his man-servant, and his handmaid, his ox, and his ass, and anything which <FI>is<Fi> thy neighbour's.”
Deuteronomy 5:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 5:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, nor his bondman, nor his handmaid, his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.”
Deuteronomy 5:21 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 5:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Neither shalt thou couet thy neighbours wife, neither shalt thou desire thy neighbours house, his fielde, nor his man seruant, nor his mayd, his oxe, nor his asse, nor ought that thy neighbour hath.”
Deuteronomy 5:21 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 5:21 in Context — Deuteronomy 5
19 Neither shalt thou steal.
20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
21 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.
22 These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
What Does Deuteronomy 5:21 Mean?
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