King James Version
Exodus 20:2 in the King James Version says “I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. bondage: Heb. serv...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. bondage: Heb. servants”
Exodus 20:2 · KJV
And God spake all these words, saying,
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. bondage: Heb. servants
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I am the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“thy God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which have brought”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“out of the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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