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Deuteronomy 5:18

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“You shall not commit adultery.
Deuteronomy 5:18 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
  • BSB You shall not commit adultery.
  • NKJV ‘You shall not commit adultery.
  • NASB ‘You shall not commit adultery.
  • NLT “You must not commit adultery.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 6

  • Exod 20:14“You shall not commit adultery.
  • Luke 18:20You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”
  • Lev 20:10“‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
  • Matt 5:27–28“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’
  • Jas 2:10–11For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
  • Prov 6:32–33He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (7)
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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Deuteronomy videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Deuteronomy 5:18YouTube · Lay · Free

    Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.

  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on DeuteronomyMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).

How Deuteronomy 5:18 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Neither shalt thou commit adulteryנָאַף
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