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

16so that you do not act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky, the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water below the earth. 19And beware not to lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be drawn away and worship them and serve them, those which the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. 20But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as today.

Deuteronomy 4:18 word by word

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

• the likenessתַּבְנִיתtabnîyth · patternH8403
• of anythingכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• that creepsרָמַשׂrâmaώ · to creepH7430
• on the groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• fishדָּגָהdâgâh · fishH1710
• that is in the waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• belowמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• belowתַּחַתtachath · underneath: underH8478
• the 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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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