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Deuteronomy 4:28

And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

KJV

Ibique servietis diis, qui hominum manu fabricati sunt, ligno et lapidi qui non vident, nec audiunt, nec comedunt, nec odorantur.

Vulgate

καὶ λατρεύσετε ἐκεῖ θεοῖς ἑτέροις, ἔργοις χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων, ξύλοις καὶ λίθοις, οἳ οὐκ ὄψονται οὔτε μὴ ἀκούσωσιν οὔτε μὴ φάγωσιν οὔτε μὴ ὀσφρανθῶσιν.

LXX

And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

ASV

וַ/עֲבַדְתֶּם שָׁ֣ם אֱלֹהִ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֣י אָדָ֑ם עֵ֣ץ וָ/אֶ֔בֶן אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא יִרְאוּ/ן֙ וְ/לֹ֣א יִשְׁמְע֔וּ/ן וְ/לֹ֥א יֹֽאכְל֖וּ/ן וְ/לֹ֥א יְרִיחֻֽ/ן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 811×
ם
m
verb · 287×
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
m'shh
noun · 234×
ן
n
verb · 11×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 26:19 — Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be t
  • Acts 19:26 — Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
  • Deut 28:36 — The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
  • Deut 28:36 — The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
  • Deut 28:64 — And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and
  • Deut 30:2 — And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
  • Ezek 20:32 — And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
  • Ezek 20:39 — As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, an
  • Hos 8:11 — Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
  • Isa 26:14 — They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
  • Isa 44:9 — They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
  • Isa 45:20 — Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
  • Isa 46:7 — They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of
  • Jer 16:13 — Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
  • Ps 115:4 — Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
  • Ps 115:4 — Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
  • Ps 135:15 — The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
  • Ps 135:15 — The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.