en_tn/exo/20/04.md

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# nor the likeness
"and you must not make the likeness"
# You must not bow down to them or worship them
The word "them" refers to carved figures or idols.
# jealous
God wants his people to worship only him.
# punish the ancestors' wickedness by bringing punishment on the descendants
God will punish people for the sin of their parents.
# the third and the fourth generation
"the 3rd and the 4th generation." Here "third" and "fourth" are ordinal numbers for "3" and "4." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
# I show covenant faithfulness to thousands of those who love me
The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be stated as "faithfully" or "faithful." AT: "I faithfully love thousands of those who love me" or "I am faithful to the covenant with thousands of those who love me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
# to thousands of those who love me
The word "thousands" is a metonym for a number too many to count. AT: "forever to those who love me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/image]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/like]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bow]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/worship]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jealous]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/punish]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/descendant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/generation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenantfaith]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]