Deuteronomy 4:19 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.”
Deuteronomy 4:19 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 4:19 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 4:19 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.”
Deuteronomy 4:19 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 4:19 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven. ”
Deuteronomy 4:19 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 4:19 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens.”
Deuteronomy 4:19 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 4:19 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and 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 thyGod hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven. ”
Deuteronomy 4:19 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 4:19 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sunne and the moone and the starres with all the host of heauen, shouldest bee driuen to worship them and serue them, which the Lord thy God hath distributed to all people vnder the whole heauen.”
Deuteronomy 4:19 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 4:19 in Context — Deuteronomy 4
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:
19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
20 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
21 Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
What Does Deuteronomy 4:19 Mean?
Deuteronomy 4:19 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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