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Deuteronomy 4:16

Deuteronomy chapter 4 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

lest 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 · 1611

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

Context

v.15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire;

v.16This passage

v.17the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens,

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.