Deuteronomy 4:17
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
KJV
similitudinem omnium jumentorum, quæ sunt super terram, vel avium sub cælo volantium,
Vulgate
ὁμοίωμα παντὸς κτήνους τῶν ὄντων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὁμοίωμα παντὸς ὀρνέου πτερωτοῦ ὃ πέταται ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν,
LXX
the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens,
ASV
תַּבְנִ֕ית כָּל בְּהֵמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ תַּבְנִית֙ כָּל צִפּ֣וֹר כָּנָ֔ף אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּע֖וּף בַּ/שָּׁמָֽיִם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בְּהֵמָ֑ה
bhmh
noun · 189×
ו
v
noun · 110×
יָּ֖עַף
y'p
verb · 32×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
צִּפֹּ֣ר
tspr
noun · 39×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
תַּבְנִ֣ית
tbnyt
noun · 20×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 27:5 — I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
- Rom 1:23 — And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.