for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Parallel translations
- KJV For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
- BSB For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- NKJV (for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
- NASB —for you shall not worship any other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God—
- NLT You must worship no other gods, for the Lord, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.
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Quick answer
Israel must worship no other god, for Yahweh's name is Jealous and He is a jealous God. God rightly claims the exclusive devotion of His people.
Overview
God's jealousy is His holy zeal for the undivided love of those He has redeemed, like a husband's rightful claim on his spouse. This is the heart of the first commandment and the antidote to the calf's idolatry. It reveals that God desires not mere ritual but our whole-hearted love, fully ours to give because of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Deut 4:24For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
- Deut 32:21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
- 1 Cor 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
- Nah 1:2Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
- Exod 20:3–5“You shall have no other gods before me.
- Matt 4:10Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”
- Deut 29:20Yahweh will not pardon him, but then Yahweh’s anger and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book will fall on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky.
- Deut 6:15for Yahweh your God among you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
- Isa 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Isa 9:6For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Exod 34:5–7Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed Yahweh’s name.
- Deut 32:16They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with abominations.
- Josh 24:19Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve Yahweh, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.
- Deut 5:7“You shall have no other gods before me.
- Exod 33:19He said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim Yahweh’s name before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”
- Deut 5:24and you said, “Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the middle of the fire. We have seen today that God does speak with man, and he lives.
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