Deuteronomy 4:18

Deuteronomy 4:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
• New International Version (NIV)or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth.

Context of Deuteronomy 4:18

16that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female, 17of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air, or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below. 19When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. 20Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

Deuteronomy 4:18 word by word

תַּבְנִ֕ית כָּל־רֹמֵ֖שׂ בָּאֲדָמָ֑ה תַּבְנִ֛ית כָּל־דָּגָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־בַּמַּ֖יִם מִתַּ֥חַת לָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

• ·תַּבְנִיתtabnîyth · patternH8403
• of anyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• creature that crawlsרָמַשׂrâmaώ · to creepH7430
• on the groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• fishדָּגָהdâgâh · fishH1710
• thatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• in the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• belowתַּחַתtachath · underneath: underH8478
• ·אֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:18

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40Moses gave a long speech to the Israelites because of their recent failures and what he thought would happen in Canaan.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1916-19. Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image--The things are here specified of which God prohibited any image or representation to be made for the purposes of worship; and, from the variety of details entered into, an idea may be formed of the extensive prevalence of idolatry in that age. In whatever way idolatry originated, whether from an intention to worship the true God through those things which seemed to afford the strongest…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 4:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Idolatry
• Obedience

In the dictionaries

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• Idol
• Deuteronomy
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• Law in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings