Bible verse

Psalm 81:9

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

Psalm 81:9 · BSB

Psalm 81:9 in context

The verses around it, from Psalm 81.

5 He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:

6 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

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

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

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

11 But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

12 So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

13 If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

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Psalm 81:9 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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