Psalm 81:9 “There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign…”

Psalm 81:9

There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

World English Bible

There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

American Standard Version

There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let there bee no strange god in thee, neither worship thou any strange god.

Darby Translation

There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

Young's Literal Translation

There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.

Bible in Basic English

There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.

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Cross references

“There shall”

Exodus 20:3–5 1 Corinthians 8:5 1 Corinthians 8:6

Exodus 20:3–5 · BSB

You shall have no other gods before Me.

1 Corinthians 8:5 · BSB

For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),

1 Corinthians 8:6 · BSB

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.

“strange”

Isaiah 43:12 Deuteronomy 32:12 Deuteronomy 6:14 Malachi 2:11

Isaiah 43:12 · BSB

I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.

Deuteronomy 32:12 · BSB

The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.

Deuteronomy 6:14 · BSB

Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.

Malachi 2:11 · BSB

Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

Also

Psalm 44:20

Psalm 44:20 · BSB

If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!

10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

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