Psalm 81:9

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

There shall not be among you a strange god, and you shall not bow down to foreign god.

Latin

…non erit in te deus recens, neque adorabis deum alienum.

Hebrew

English

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

God pleads with his people to remember the covenant and the Ten Commandments.

This warning message invites Israel to worship only the Lord and to enjoy the fullness of his blessing.

Isaiah 43:12
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
The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.
1 Corinthians 8:5–6
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
Deuteronomy 6:14
Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
Exodus 20:3–5
You shall have no other gods before Me.
Malachi 2:11
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.
Psalm 44:20
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,