Deuteronomy 4:16
What does Deuteronomy 4:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 4:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So that you may not be turned to evil ways and make for yourselves an image in the form of any living thing, male or female,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female--
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Lest perhaps being deceived you might make you a graven similitude, or image of male or female,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 4:23
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.
- Psalms 106:19
They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.
- Deuteronomy 4:8
And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
- Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- John 4:24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
- Acts 17:29
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
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