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Deuteronomy 16:22

Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.

KJV

Nec facies tibi, neque constitues statuam : quæ odit Dominus Deus tuus.

Vulgate

οὐ στήσεις σεαυτῷ στήλην, ἃ ἐμίσησεν Κύριος ὁ θεός σου.

LXX

Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar; which Jehovah thy God hateth.

ASV

וְ/לֹֽא תָקִ֥ים לְ/ךָ֖ מַצֵּבָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׂנֵ֖א יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽי/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
י
y
verb · 148×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
noun · 32×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Q. May we then not make any image at all? A. God can not and may not be visibly portrayed in any way. Although creatures may be portrayed, yet God forbids making or having such images if one's purpose is to worship them or to serve God through them.

Cross-references

  • Deut 7:5 — But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
  • Deut 12:31 — Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to t
  • Exod 20:4 — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
  • Jer 44:4 — Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
  • Lev 26:1 — Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
  • Rev 2:6 — But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
  • Rev 2:15 — So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.
  • Zech 8:17 — And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.