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

16lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female, 17the pattern of any beast that is on the earth, the pattern of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven, the pattern of anything that creepeth on the ground, the pattern of any fish that is in the waters under the earth; 19and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven. 20But you hath Jehovah taken, and hath brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, that ye might be to him a people of inheritance, as it is this day.

Deuteronomy 4:18 word by word

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

• patternתַּבְנִיתtabnîyth · patternH8403
• groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• fishדָּגָהdâgâh · fishH1710
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• earthאֶ֫רֶץ'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

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• 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