Study it in the app“You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I, YHWH your Elohim, am a jealous El, calling to account the iniquity of the fathers on the sons, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,”
You shall notלֹאbow downתִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהto themלָהֶםorוְלֹאserveתָעָבְדֵthem;םforכִּיI,אָנֹכִיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָam a jealousקַנָּאEl,אֵלcalling to accountפֹּקֵדthe iniquityעֲוֺןof the fathersאָבֹתonעַלthe sons,בָּנִיםonעַלthe thirdשִׁלֵּשִׁיםand onוְעַלthe fourth generationרִבֵּעִיםof those who hate me,לְשֹׂנְאָי
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “tishtachave” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “taavde” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsjealous
Jealous: who allows no rival. Said only of God.
Where else “kana” appearsEl, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appearspunish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “poked” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avot” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appearsthird generation
Descendants of the third generation: great-grandchildren.
Where else “shileshim” appearsfourth generation
Those of the fourth generation: the great-great-grandchildren.
Where else “ribeim” appearshate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “sona” appears“Jealous” (qanna) is said here of YHWH in the context of the prohibition of bowing down to images and serving them (20:4-5); the same in 34:14. Compare Deuteronomy 24:16 and Ezekiel 18:20.
4You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth.
5 · This verse (above)
6but showing loyal love to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments.
