New King James Version
Leviticus 19:4
4‘Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lord your God.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Do not put your trust in idols or make metal images of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.
Context of Leviticus 19:4
2“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. 3‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. ‘Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the Lord your God. 5‘And if you offer a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, you shall offer it of your own free will. 6It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day. And if any remains until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire.
Read all of Leviticus 19Leviticus 19:4 word by word
אַל־תִּפְנוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלִילִ֔ים וֵֽאלֹהֵי֙ מַסֵּכָ֔ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ לָכֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 19:4
- Leviticus 26:1‘You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God.
- Exodus 20:3“You shall have no other gods before Me.
- 1 Corinthians 10:14Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
- 1 John 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
- Exodus 20:23You shall not make anything to be with Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.
- Exodus 32:4And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. Then they said, “This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!”
- Exodus 34:17“You shall make no molded gods for yourselves.
- Deuteronomy 27:15‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ “And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen!’
- Haggai 2:18‘Consider now from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid—consider it:
Commentaries on Leviticus 19:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Turn ye not unto idols - אלילם elilim, literally nothings; and to this St. Paul seems to allude 1 Corinthians 8:4, where he says, We know that an idol is Nothing in the world.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-372. Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel--Many of the laws enumerated in this chapter had been previously announced. As they were, however, of a general application, not suited to particular classes, but to the nation at large, so Moses seems, according to divine instructions, to have rehearsed them, perhaps on different occasions and to successive divisions of the people, till "all the congregation of the children of Israel" were…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 19
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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