Deuteronomy
King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 4:17
“The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,”
King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 4:17 Context
14And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. 15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: 16Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 18The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: 19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. 20But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
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Translation Details for Deuteronomy 4:17
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
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Bible Commentary for Deuteronomy 4:17
Wesley's Notes for Deuteronomy 4:17
4:15 In Horeb - God, who in other places and times did appear in a similitude in the fashion of a man, now in this most solemn appearance, when he comes to give eternal laws for the direction of the Israelites in the worship of God, and in their duty to men, purposely avoids all such representations, to shew that he abhors all worship of images, or of himself by images of what kind soever, because he is the invisible God, and cannot be represented by any visible image.
4:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves - Your ways, by worshipping God in a corrupt manner.
4:19 Driven - Strongly inclined. Which the Lord hath divided unto all nations - Which are not Gods, but creatures, made not for the worship, but for the use of men; yea, of the meanest and most barbarous people under heaven, and therefore cannot without great absurdity be worshipped, especially by you who are so much advanced above other nations in wisdom and knowledge, and in this, that you are my peculiar people.
The likenesse of any beast that is on the earth, the likenes of any winged foule that flieth in the aire,
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens,
- American Standard Version (1901)
Or any beast of the earth, or winged bird of the air,
- Basic English Bible
the pattern of any beast that is on the earth, the pattern of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
- Darby Bible
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
- Webster's Bible
the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
- World English Bible
a form of any beast which [is] in the earth -- a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens --
- Youngs Literal Bible
the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
- Jewish Publication Society Bible