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 for yourselves a graven image in the likeness of any figure—the form of a male or female, 17the form of any animal that is on the earth, the form of any winged bird that flies in the sky, the form of anything that creeps on the ground, the form of any fish that is in the water under the earth— 19and so that you do not lift up your eyes toward the heavens and see the sun and the moon and the stars—all the heavenly host—and are drawn away and bow down and worship them. Adonai your God has allotted them to all the peoples under all the heavens. 20But you, Adonai has taken, and He brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt to be a people for His own inheritance, as you are this day.

Deuteronomy 4:18 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The likenessתַּבְנִיתtabnîyth · patternH8403
• of any thing that creepethרָמַשׂrâmaώ · to creepH7430
• on the groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• of any fishדָּגָהdâgâh · fishH1710
• in the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• beneathתַּחַתtachath · 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

In the dictionaries

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• Consuming
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• Idol
• Deuteronomy
• Fish
• 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