Deuteronomy 4:16
Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
KJV
ne forte decepti faciatis vobis sculptam similitudinem, aut imaginem masculi vel feminæ :
Vulgate
μὴ ἀνομήσητε καὶ ποιήσητε ὑμῖν ἑαυτοῖς γλυπτὸν ὁμοίωμα, πᾶσαν εἰκόνα, ὁμοίωμα ἀρσενικοῦ ἢ θηλυκοῦ,
LXX
lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
ASV
פֶּ֨ן תַּשְׁחִת֔וּ/ן וַ/עֲשִׂיתֶ֥ם לָ/כֶ֛ם פֶּ֖סֶל תְּמוּנַ֣ת כָּל סָ֑מֶל תַּבְנִ֥ית זָכָ֖ר א֥וֹ נְקֵבָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֣וֹ
'v
conjunction · 311×
הּ
h
verb · 147×
זְּכָרִֽים
zkrym
noun · 82×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נְקֵבָ֖ה
nqbh
noun · 22×
סֶּ֖מֶל
sml
noun · 5×
פֶּן
pn
conjunction · 132×
פָּ֑סֶל
psl
noun · 30×
תְּמוּנָ֔ה
tmvnh
noun · 10×
תַּבְנִ֣ית
tbnyt
noun · 20×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2129The divine injunction included the prohibition of every representation of God by the hand of man. Deuteronomy explains: "Since you saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, beware lest you act corruptly by making a graven image for yourselves, in the form of any figure...."66 It is the absolutely transcendent God who revealed himse…
Q. What is God's will for us in the second commandment? A. That we in no way make any image of God nor worship him in any other way than he has commanded in his Word.
Cross-references
- Acts 7:43 — Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
- Acts 17:29 — Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
- Deut 4:23 — 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 th
- Deut 4:25 — 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
- Deut 5:8 — Thou shalt not make 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 waters beneath the earth:
- Deut 27:15 — Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and sa
- 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:
- Exod 32:7 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
- Isa 44:13 — The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beaut
- 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.
- Rom 1:22 — Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,