Deuteronomy 4:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.”

Deuteronomy 4:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Deuteronomy 4:23 in 6 Bible Translations

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Deuteronomy 4:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Be careful, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.”

Deuteronomy 4:23 — World English Bible

Deuteronomy 4:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee. ”

Deuteronomy 4:23 — American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 4:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything <FI>concerning<Fi> which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee:”

Deuteronomy 4:23 — Young's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 4:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah yourGod, which he made with you, and make yourselves a graven image, the form of anything which Jehovah thyGod hath forbidden thee. ”

Deuteronomy 4:23 — Darby Translation

Deuteronomy 4:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Take heede vnto your selues, least ye forget the couenant of the Lord your God which hee made with you, and least ye make you any grauen image, or likenes of any thing, as the Lord thy God hath charged thee.”

Deuteronomy 4:23 — Geneva Bible

Deuteronomy 4:23 in Context — Deuteronomy 4

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:

22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

25 When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:

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What Does Deuteronomy 4:23 Mean?

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