This wooden translation follows the Masoretic punctuation of the verse and reflects the way the Rabbis understood it. A more accurate translation, taking into account the true poetic structure of the verse, would be: “You shall not make with me gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.” Such a translation is found in the KJV.

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