Deuteronomy 4:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,”
Deuteronomy 4:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 4:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 4:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,”
Deuteronomy 4:16 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 4:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, ”
Deuteronomy 4:16 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 4:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female--”
Deuteronomy 4:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 4:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female, ”
Deuteronomy 4:16 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 4:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“That ye corrupt not your selues, and make you a grauen image or representation of any figure: whither it be the likenes of male or female,”
Deuteronomy 4:16 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 4:16 in Context — Deuteronomy 4
14 And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
What Does Deuteronomy 4:16 Mean?
Deuteronomy 4:16 is a verse from the Book of Deuteronomy, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Deuteronomy chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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