KJV King James Version
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
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Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
WEB World English Bible
and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
ASV American Standard Version
and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.
Surrounding context — Exodus 20
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou 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:
5 Thou 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;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou 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.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
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Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he [is] God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;John 14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.Jeremiah 32:39-40And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:Deuteronomy 5:29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!Acts 2:39For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.John 14:15If ye love me, keep my commandments.Romans 11:28-29As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, [they are] beloved for the fathers’ sakes.Deuteronomy 4:37And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;1 John 4:19We love him, because he first loved us.2 John 1:6And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
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