KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And go” | תֵּלְכ֗וּ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | go |
| “not” | וְאַל | Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing | not |
| “after” | אַֽחֲרֵי֙ | Properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) | after |
| “other” | אֲחֵרִ֔ים | Properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc | other |
| “gods” | אֱלֹהִ֣ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | gods |
| “to serve” | לְעָבְדָ֖ם | To work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc | serve |
| “them, and to worship” | וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֣ת | To depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God) | worship |
| “them, and provoke me not to anger” | תַכְעִ֤יסוּ | To trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant | provoke not anger |
| “with the works” | בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה | An action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property | works |
| “of your hands;” | יְדֵיכֶ֔ם | A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] | hands |
| “and I will do you no hurt.” | אָרַ֖ע | Properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e., bad (physically, socially or morally) | do no hurt |
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4 And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
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