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The Ten Commandments Quiz

We've all heard them – but can we remember them? Fill in the missing words from the Ten Commandments.
Language taken from the King James Bible
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Commandment
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Thou shalt have no other gods before me
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Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image ...
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Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
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Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy
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Honor thy father and mother ...
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Thou shalt not kill
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Thou shalt not commit adultery
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Thou shalt not steal
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Thou shalt not bear false witness ...
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Thou shalt not covet your neighbor’s house ...
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107 Recent Comments
ShelleyRG
+2
Level 53
Jun 9, 2012
Grew up with the KJV so finished with 3:31
Salonegal
+1
Level 23
Nov 15, 2012
Me too!
kalbahamut
+4
Level 79
Jan 27, 2013
Atheist so finished with 3:34
Baltimorean
+4
Level 66
May 25, 2013
Lapsed Unitarian with 3:34 left.
buck1017
+5
Level 78
Jun 6, 2013
Nobody's business what I am...3:29 left
yodasocko
+17
Level 45
Jun 29, 2013
Jedi Knight......I finished before the quiz started.
tom88
+1
Level 77
Jun 2, 2016
Another atheist with a respectable 3:02 left
slugarmy
+23
Level 18
Jun 2, 2018
I don't care, so finished at the 456 B.C. mark, got 256.507257%, and I lied, I do care, so I'm only a 7 week old pair of headphones that mutated from a bag of trailmix published inside your local dominos factory for christmas trees in the Northern Atlantian Central Mall.
Fishbone
+5
Level 48
Jun 11, 2020
I miss slug.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Sep 2, 2020
If he's gone, good riddance.
iRDM
+1
Level 81
Dec 13, 2022
i miss slug too
JeffreyChambrpot
+1
Level 46
Nov 20, 2025
Got it in 3:30 because, just for the heck of it, I tried "Shabbat" instead of Sabbath first.
samiamco
+1
Level 68
Sep 6, 2016
I'm a damned Buddhist (see what I did there??) and even I got them all!
Jacktheguy
+3
Level 93
Jul 8, 2017
I'm a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and I got them all right before this quiz even existed.
MG17
+1
Level 43
Jul 11, 2020
@Jacktheguy, are you from Patafarianism?
queenmaeree
+1
Level 73
Jun 9, 2012
All 10 in 3:39.
STL1994
+12
Level 49
Jun 10, 2012
This really messed me up since I was raised Catholic. The "second" one does not exist, and the "tenth" is the ninth and tenth.
plattitude
+10
Level 94
Jan 8, 2013
Yeah, not sure why the Catholic Church decided to alter the list. Guess the bible wasn't good enough for them :)
Roses1958
+24
Level 22
Oct 10, 2018
Catholics didn't change the commandments at all. There are far more than just 10, anyway. The Church, from the beginning, summarised the commandments into the basic 10, which are slightly different from the list above. The Douay-Rheims version, used officially for many centuries by the Church, was a translation from the 4th century Latin Vulgate. Latin was the official language because those educated enough to be able to read could read Latin. 'Vulgate' means the language of the people. The wording of some of the Commandments was changed by the protestants, later on. E.g, the word 'graven' was questioned by some other readers (above). The context (in the actual Bible - i.e. the very next verse) of the word 'graven' is to make an image to be adored. Catholics are absolutely forbidden to adore anything, or anyone, except the one true God. Images are only to serve as reminders to pray. The Bible itself has God giving instructions for particular images to be made (re. Ark of the Covenant)
dasims45
+9
Level 82
Jan 16, 2013
The Catholics don't like that part about "graven images" so they took it off the list and split "thou shalt not covet" into two separate commandments.
kalbahamut
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Level 79
Jan 27, 2013
Catholics friggin love graven images. It was one of the Protestant's chief criticisms of them. So they did some Biblical ret-conning. No biggie... all religions have done it. So, nothing to be ashamed of unless you still believe your particular religion's holy text (whichever that may be) is the perfect and unchanging word of god.
Maladroit
+1
Level 50
Apr 27, 2017
Nothing to be ashamed of either way, because *news flash* there was that little Protestant Reformation.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Jul 7, 2017
I'm not sure what your point is.
Speed4TheNeed
+2
Level 88
Aug 14, 2017
That all major religions are founded upon supposed hypocrisies?
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Oct 31, 2017
But why would Catholics be less embarrassed about following what they believe due to there being Protestants who believe something different? If they think the Protestants are right then why are they still Catholics? Or is he saying that Protestants wouldn't feel weird about believing in the perfect and unchanging word of God when the whole foundation of their religious movement was the idea that they ought to come along and change it?
Maladroit
+19
Level 50
Oct 31, 2017
The point is that not everyone thinks religion is stupid. Don't talk like everyone's on your side. So no, I'm not ashamed because I think the Bible is the word of God. Because billions of people do. Deal with it.
kalbahamut
+6
Level 79
Nov 13, 2017
Truth and reality are on my side. I don't particularly care if delusion and fantasy are. I'll take my Stephen Hawking, Thomas Jefferson, Carl Sagan, Voltaire and Epicurus... you can have your Ray Comfort, Pat Robertson, Kirk Cameron and Ken Ham. Consider yourself dealt with.
Fishbone
+13
Level 48
Jun 11, 2020
I'll take my Martin Luther, JS Bach, Florence Nightengale, JRR Tolkien, Mother Teresa, and Dr. Martin Luther King...you can have your Kathy Griffin, Lance Armstrong, Marilyn Manson, and CM Punk.

Fun game, Kal.

kalbahamut
+7
Level 79
Jul 31, 2020
Mother Teresa was a horrible person who deliberately kept people in pain and suffering because she thought this would bring them closer to her imaginary friend. Marilyn Manson, in addition to being a talented musician and performer, is an intelligent and well-spoken guy.

That aside, the point was that Aesthus saying billions of people are on his side of the argument (and then, as if that's some kind of epic mic drop, "deal with it!") is a dumb argument. You didn't get it, though, not surprisingly.

This will continue to be a dumb argument when religious people ultimately become outnumbered by atheists in the future, and if I'm still alive then I'll continue pointing out that it's a dumb argument.

Connor15
+1
Level 47
Nov 17, 2025
do you seriously think they had adequate access to painkillers in India?
dunkinggandalf2
+6
Level 72
Feb 5, 2021
I mean, believe what you want and I certainly respect your right to do so, but the idea that the bible could be the actual word of god is just not logically tenable - if only because there are hundreds of versions in hundreds of languages, and no original text.
Minecraftyoshi2
+1
Level 57
Apr 13, 2025
The way I see it at least is that God made sure that we have access to his word by influencing events so that the translations that are closest to the original texts (that weren't written at the same time or by the same author so idk how there would be a single original text) would be the ones that got to the hands of the most people so for example KJV, NKJV, ESV, ASV all have mostly similar text to the point that any differences can be compared to each other to get >99% of what God intended us to read
CaritasInVeritate
+4
Level 90
Dec 14, 2016
Actually the Catholic Church did not ignore what Protestants term the Second Commandment - in Catholicism it is part of the First Commandment.

And apparently Lutherans follow the same numbering as Catholics.

DeusCaritasEst
+2
Level 54
Jul 7, 2017
Thank you!
RippedJelly4269
+3
Level 2
Jun 11, 2012
Nice One! You should make more religion quizzes. I'm suprised most people don't get covet but my sixth grade teacher ground that into me... so it was easy.
Etanna
+3
Level 73
Nov 13, 2014
I have never even heard the word "covet"... :D It's hard to try to translate the Commandments to English because there are used difficult words :D
Freestatebear
+1
Level 88
Mar 13, 2015
"Covet" is another word for human nature. It makes one question god's motivations for pronouncing it a sin.
divantilya
+11
Level 36
May 31, 2017
Covet means longing for something to which you have no right.

Like your friend's sweater... or your neighbor's wife/husband.

ctleng76
+1
Level 65
Jun 12, 2012
STL1994, the catholic bible (basically the same as a protestant bible, only with additional books) lists the 10 commandments as they are here.
cdserio
+2
Level 18
Oct 29, 2012
Yes, but the Roman Catholic Church got rid of the second commandment and split the tenth commandment into both nine and ten.
CaritasInVeritate
+1
Level 90
Oct 31, 2017
Check your sources first. The second one is part of the first one in the Catholic Church.
jadekelly
+1
Level 25
Jun 14, 2012
Only missed covet
FigyMaster
+1
Level 4
Jul 6, 2012
10/10 yeah buddy
FentonHardy
+1
Level 26
Aug 31, 2012
STL1994 is correct. Catholics number the 10 Commandments differently from Protestants.
cdserio
+1
Level 18
Oct 29, 2012
These are not the ten commandments I know... I was raised Catholic, so we don't have the second one, and the tenth one is split into nine and ten.
geomaster7
+1
Level 30
Dec 16, 2015
Same here. I'm Catholic and it seems the commandments on this quiz differ in that they split the first commandment into two, bump commandments 2-8 down a peg, and combine the 9th and 10th commandment into one.
sierraistheshiz
+1
Level 19
Nov 16, 2012
I'm not religious nor have I ever read any parts of the bible or whatever and I got 6/10 right, so I did pretty good =)
shmily77
+1
Level 23
Dec 30, 2012
wheee 10 outta 10 whoop whoop
thalassemia
+3
Level 24
Jan 19, 2013
I managed to get 10/10 despite avoiding religion pretty much my entire life. yay?
Jacko77
+3
Level 31
Mar 25, 2014
The 11th commandment: Thou shalt do the dance!
NerdyPolyglot
+1
Level 44
Apr 14, 2025
actually it's thou shalt not get caught
WestMidlander
+1
Level 17
Apr 1, 2014
Wow, I only got six...
Nytebreid
+1
Level 36
May 25, 2014
There's actually a couple of these I haven't broken...
CA1EBYT6
+1
Level 53
Aug 27, 2025
no there aren't
berowdy
+1
Level 59
Nov 10, 2014
10/10....not bad for someone who isn't religious (though in all fairness i was raised jewish)
BobSaget
+10
Level 76
Nov 10, 2014
You forgot the Second Commandment, the one about Americans owning guns.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Nov 10, 2014
haha, good one.
ander217
+4
Level 73
Nov 10, 2014
Can't believe I forgot covet. I'm really jealous of those of you who got it. :)
bocoker
+1
Level 83
Nov 10, 2014
Fundamentalism on this topic, down to the finer points of translation, is almost funny given the many and various translations across the several bridge languages, eventually to modern English, which was, after all, good enough for Jesus Christ.
coro
+6
Level 57
Dec 17, 2016
Jesus spoke English?
steb26
+3
Level 52
Apr 10, 2015
I'm surprised kill wasn't number one in which people get correct. I mean come on guys shouldn't that be what first comes to mind? Don't kill other people?
divantilya
+6
Level 36
Mar 30, 2017
Isn't it ironic that the commandment says "Thou shalt not kill" yet, centuries after this commandment was given, Jesus had to prevent a mob from stoning an adulteress to death? - This is one reason why, though I believe in the Supreme Being and his only begotten son, Jesus Christ, I have ZERO respect for organized religion.
cosmokim
+1
Level 70
Jan 5, 2016
"respect" for "honor"?
Kenny123
+1
Level 40
Apr 5, 2016
Thou shalt not envy?...
RayH518
+1
Level 38
Jun 5, 2017
Thou shall not covet, Thou shall not envy, pretty much the same thing
W84iiiittt
+4
Level 76
Aug 16, 2016
Everyone is acting like these are the only commandments given by God in the Bible. This are just 10 that were put into a list for Moses. Also, the sixth amendment is originally translated "Thou shalt not murder", meaning shed innocent blood.
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Dec 14, 2016
Originally "translated", not actually written.
Moosefight
+1
Level 59
Jul 7, 2017
Jesus don't like killin', no matter what the reasons for.
RayH518
+2
Level 38
Jun 5, 2017
I thought #2 was grabben :/
Jarl5
+2
Level 69
Jul 7, 2017
Me before quiz: oh I went to catholic school for six years I got this

Me after quiz: yeah eights not thaaaat bad

stylus
+2
Level 79
Jul 7, 2017
What happened to 'Do unto others...'?
divantilya
+3
Level 36
Jul 31, 2017
LOL - That is the Golden Rule, not one of the Ten Commandments.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 79
May 20, 2018
The "golden rule" is far more sensical than the 10 commandments, and probably older. We have examples of variations on this axiom from ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient India, ancient Persia, among other places.

In Jewish and Rabbincal tradition, Hillel the elder emphasized this: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow: this is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn." Jesus summarized the Torah in a similar way: "Do to others what you want them to do to you... This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets"

Muhammad, also, made similar statements about common sense and decency superseding religious scripture. I can't find the exact quote now but it's something like "if you think a thing is evil it is evil, if you think a thing is good it is good."... something along these lines basically: you have judgment, use it.

dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 72
Feb 5, 2021
All of which are, of course, an inferior version of the Kantian moral imperative: Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Mar 21, 2021
1700 years of advances in science, morality, and philosophy separate Hillel and Kant. Just as over a thousand years separate Hillel and the (almost certainly legendary) Moses. And 200 years separate Kant from Sam Harris. The discussion of right and wrong continues to advance forward, and indeed, this is the major (though hardly only) problem with moral systems that are (literally) set in stone - as the 10 Commandments were.
TravisKewley
+1
Level 25
Jul 7, 2017
Finished with 3:42 and I'm 11... but I just learned them in church so it was unfairly easy.
seechdog
+1
Level 69
Jul 7, 2017
graven?
seechdog
+1
Level 69
Jul 7, 2017
Graven-..I went to Catholic church, Catholic High School, and Catholic college. Never heard Graven where i went. Maybe it varies by region.
divantilya
+2
Level 36
Oct 31, 2017
Since the Catholic Church worships through graven images, it would be logical that they would eliminate that prohibition from their version the ten commandments,don't you think?
kogatora
+11
Level 96
Jan 7, 2018
Thou shall not ...pass?
rachelm
+1
Level 24
May 20, 2018
At first, I thought it said comments...
Roses1958
+1
Level 22
Oct 10, 2018
This quiz should be entitled 'Non-Catholic 10 Commandments', or similar.
MG17
+2
Level 43
May 2, 2020
Marvelous quiz!!!!!
ing
+1
Level 73
Jul 20, 2020
Doesn't this seem to have about a minute too much time for just a few type-ins?
sacheth9
+4
Level 65
Oct 12, 2020
when i clicked on this quiz i knew Kalbahamut and Mg17 would have 1/2 of all the comments
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 72
Feb 5, 2021
If it was possible to put religious arguments aside (I'm quite confident, from experience, that it isn't), it would be intersting to discuss these commandments from an ethical point of view. I've heard many people say that, even if you're not religious, the ten commandments are still good guidelines to live by. I think that they fail even by that measure. I mean, how does not making graven images make life better? Isn't honouring your parents terrible advice for victims of abuse? How does "not having any other gods before him" translate into the life of an atheist? Why is limiting free speech to spare the feeling of a deity, which may or may not exist, a sensible thing to do? What if I'd rather take Wednesdays off? Some of these I can actually get behind, like the not stealing (although, that also depends on whether or not the property laws of the society I happen to live in are fair), or the not killing (even though killing is sometimes necessary, such as in self-defense).
dunkinggandalf2
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Level 72
Feb 5, 2021
Ten commandments aside, I find that, from an ethical point of view, much of the bible, even when seen through the pink-coloured lenses of modern christians, is hardly defendable. The whole Jesus sacrificing himself story, for instance. How is that not scapegoating, and since when is scapegoating acceptable, or admirable?
JeffreyChambrpot
+1
Level 46
Nov 20, 2025
The whole thing is that Jesus sacrificed HIMSELF. How is that scapegoating?
CBTemple
+7
Level 84
Feb 8, 2021
As a rule, I don't comment on JetPunk anymore, but I want to mention that many comments (especially as regarding the Christian faith) are based on ignorance. Please remember that "ignorance" simply means "a lack of knowledge"; it is not an attack. The commandment about 'graven images' is not a carte blanche injunction against them--it specifically forbids the creation of graven images for the express purpose of worshipping them. Even the Temple (constructed according to God's specific instructions) contained graven images of cherubim on the veil as well as golden statues above the mercy seat. Also, the commandment stating "Thou shalt not kill" applies only to intentional, premeditated murder--not self-defense. This can only be understood from the Hebrew word; not the KJV English translation. I could address so much more, but that's it for this missive. I'm heading back into 'lurking' status once again. Fire away.
Jango
+1
Level 63
Jul 26, 2021
The KJV does not spell 'honour' as 'honor'
IamTheSam
+2
Level 48
Nov 11, 2021
Did anyone else write: craven? Or are you just to scared to admit it?
autoparts2
+2
Level 51
Apr 7, 2022
Graven? Never heard that version. I use NIV, which is rather simple compared to most other versions.
jbro
+3
Level 76
Apr 7, 2022
Can you accept idols for gods
JesseFromThe6
+1
Level 70
Apr 7, 2022
I tried "infidelity" and then gave up. Is it that different from "adultery"?
JeffreyChambrpot
+1
Level 46
Nov 20, 2025
Adultery is having sex with the spouse of someone else. Infidelity is just generally being unfaithful in a relationship.
rabble
+1
Level 68
Feb 26, 2023
Are any religious scholars in here who can explain briefly what they're supposed to imply? (in layman terms). I'm not really religious, just curious about the basics, and what the intent was.

1: only follow the Bible. Don't mix religions. We're doing things this way.

2: don't make images of God(?). I thought .. Catholicism(?) loved pictures of Jesus. Maybe that's not God? I thought the typical white-haired bearded God wearing a toga is all over the place in Occidental countries? I think Islam doesn't like pictures of Gods/prophets/people. This one seems ignored, in my ignorant opinion.

3: Don't say the word God in unecessary situations. Give the word weight/behavioral training; like modern euphemisms for subjects that are instructed to be delicate/taboo in society.

4: Either go to church on Sunday, or don't work. I guess that creates the impression that society as a whole observes the religion. So others should fall in line.

5: obey your parents. #1, they're religious and teaching you

rabble
+1
Level 68
Feb 26, 2023
..to be the same. #2, it's good advice, assuming you come from a decent family.

6: don't murder

7: don't cheat on your husband/wife

8: don't steal

9: don't lie? I guess it means, don't commit perjury.

10: don't wish for things you don't have? I thought religious people were fine with doing things like wishing for lavish lifestyles and trying to get them.

I think I'd like Christianity more if it punished sinners harder. I think there are a lot of murderers, cheaters, and thieves, who think they're going to Heaven. Not to mention someone who makes a lifelong oath in marriage, "until death do us part", then gets divorced. Those aren't people I want to hang out with.

McKenzieFam
+4
Level 68
Apr 12, 2025
For #10, I think covet implies more envy than simple want. Don't be jealous of your friend's new thing, etc
Minecraftyoshi2
+1
Level 57
Apr 13, 2025
I think one thing that many people forget is that most Christians believe that we are not under the old law anymore, so these are not rules that we are commanded to abide under. Granted pretty much all of this is covered somewhere in the New Testament so we still do follow them but something such as the Sabbath is not observed by the vast majority of Christians.
Minecraftyoshi2
+1
Level 57
Apr 13, 2025
As for intent of how they were to be followed by the Israelites I can explain how I understand it at least.

1 - Pretty much what you said

2 - This was mostly focused on not making physical idols to be worshipped which was a huge issue for them

3 - Pretty much what you said

4 - This specifically is for them to not do any work on the Sabbath and instead focus entirely on worshipping God

5-8 - Pretty much what you said

9 - It does actually mean not to lie this is easily one of the most difficult commandments to follow (In the modern day we also commanded not to lie in any situation which again is very difficult to follow and a large portion of the sins I need forgiveness for)

10 - This is meaning to not want what another person has, so for example if your neighbor just got a new fat donkey you shouldn't think that you want that donkey and that you are more deserving of that donkey. I don't think it would exclude thinking that you want to obtain your own donkey but I could be wrong.

ThomasCJames
+1
Level 47
Apr 12, 2025
A word for word quiz would be more fun.
Bletsch
+1
Level 71
Apr 12, 2025
What was Hitchens' 11th commandment--wasn't it something like, "Put down that $#%@ cell phone!"
AlexaStone
+1
Level 33
Apr 14, 2025
🤣 lol
BaeOfBiscay
+2
Level 60
Apr 13, 2025
"Thou shalt not covet your neighbor’s house" remember that Zionists.
ARose91
+1
Level 50
Apr 16, 2025
There has been continuous presence by Jews in Israel for literally thousands of years. Jewish indigeneity in Israel is an archaeological and historical fact. Anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism. Over 85% of Jews find Zionism to be a religiously and culturally significant part of their identity. Zionism is defined as the Jewish right to self-determination in the land of Israel, and it is not inherently at odds with Palestine's existence. But Hamas and other radical Islamist/terrorist organizations are directly at odds with Israel's existence (and not just Israel's existence). Please educate yourself on the history of the modern state of Israel (or even the ancient historic state too while you're at it). This is not the black-and-white political issue so many make it out to be.
JeffreyChambrpot
+1
Level 46
Nov 20, 2025
I guess if Zionists displace a land's inhabitants and make Zionists the majority, then I guess the majority will support Zionism.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Sep 28, 2025
No engravings? Good thing people came up with ink and paints
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