decalogue

The 2nd commandment vs. the 11th commandment

The second commandment (called the eleventh by many), you will find in Exodus 20.4-6 and Deuteronomy 5.8-10 and it reads:

King James Version
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. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for

Biblical Decalogue
differences in translations

The 10 commandments of God called the Decalogue contained in the Old Testament are different from those known to most of the public. To make matters worse, during a conversation in which they are quoted the Biblical Decalogue, they find that the given translation of Scripture is false, because they have not heard of such commandments. Sad, but true. Most of us, know the 10 commandments preached by the