Deuteronomy 4:23
What does Deuteronomy 4:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 4:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Take 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Take 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything <FI>concerning<Fi> which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Beware lest thou ever forget the covenant of the Lord thy God, which he hath made with thee: and make to thyself a graven likeness of those things which the Lord hath forbid to be made:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah yourGod, which he made with you, and make yourselves a graven image, the form of anything which Jehovah thyGod hath forbidden thee.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;
- Joshua 23:16
When ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
- Ezekiel 16:59
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also deal with thee as thou hast done, who hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
- Deuteronomy 6:12
then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Matthew 24:4
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray.
- Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:
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