Exodus 20
- 1And God spoke all these words, saying,
- 2I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- 3You shall have no other gods before me.
- 4You shall not make for yourself any carved idol, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
- 5You shall not bow down yourself to them, or serve them. For I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the wrongdoing of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
- 6And showing mercy to thousands of those who love me, and keep my commandments.
- 7You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
- 8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- 9Six days shall you labor, and do all your work:
- 10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or your foreigner who is within your gates:
- 11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and made it holy.
- 12Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long on the land which the Lord your God gives you.
- 13You shall not kill.
- 14You shall not commit adultery.
- 15You shall not steal.
- 16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- 17You shall not crave your neighbor's house, you shall not crave your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.
- 18And all the people saw the thunder, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood far away.
- 19And they said to Moses, Speak with us, and we will hear. But do not let God speak with us, or else we will die.
- 20And Moses said to the people, Do not fear. For God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that you may not sin.
- 21And the people stood far away, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
- 22And the Lord said to Moses, So you shall say to the children of Israel, You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
- 23You shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall you make for yourself gods of gold.
- 24An altar of earth you shall make to me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to you, and I will bless you.
- 25And if you will make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stone. For if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
- 26Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness is not discovered on it.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Exodus 20 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd God spake all these words, saying,
GIGAKJVAnd God spoke all these words, saying,
KJVI am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
GIGAKJVI am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
KJVThou shalt have no other gods before me.
GIGAKJVYou shall have no other gods before me.
KJVThou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
GIGAKJVYou shall not make for yourself any carved idol, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
KJVThou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
GIGAKJVYou shall not bow down yourself to them, or serve them. For I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the wrongdoing of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
KJVAnd shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
GIGAKJVAnd showing mercy to thousands of those who love me, and keep my commandments.
KJVThou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
GIGAKJVYou shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
KJVSix days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
GIGAKJVSix days shall you labor, and do all your work:
KJVBut the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
GIGAKJVBut the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or your foreigner who is within your gates:
KJVFor in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
GIGAKJVFor in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and made it holy.
KJVHonour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
GIGAKJVHonor your father and your mother, that your days may be long on the land which the Lord your God gives you.
KJVThou shalt not kill.
GIGAKJVYou shall not kill.
KJVThou shalt not commit adultery.
GIGAKJVYou shall not commit adultery.
KJVThou shalt not steal.
GIGAKJVYou shall not steal.
KJVThou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
GIGAKJVYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
KJVThou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
GIGAKJVYou shall not crave your neighbor's house, you shall not crave your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.
KJVAnd all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
GIGAKJVAnd all the people saw the thunder, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood far away.
KJVAnd they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
GIGAKJVAnd they said to Moses, Speak with us, and we will hear. But do not let God speak with us, or else we will die.
KJVAnd Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
GIGAKJVAnd Moses said to the people, Do not fear. For God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that you may not sin.
KJVAnd the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
GIGAKJVAnd the people stood far away, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
KJVAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord said to Moses, So you shall say to the children of Israel, You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
KJVYe shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
GIGAKJVYou shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall you make for yourself gods of gold.
KJVAn altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
GIGAKJVAn altar of earth you shall make to me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to you, and I will bless you.
KJVAnd if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
GIGAKJVAnd if you will make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stone. For if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
KJVNeither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
GIGAKJVNeither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness is not discovered on it.
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