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Leviticus 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.

KJV

Ego Dominus Deus vester : non facietis vobis idolum, et sculptile, nec titulos erigetis, nec insignem lapidem ponetis in terra vestra, ut adoretis eum. Ego enim sum Dominus Deus vester.

Vulgate

Ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν· οὐ ποιήσετε ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς χειροποίητα οὐδὲ γλυπτά, οὐδὲ στήλην ἀναστήσετε ὑμῖν, οὐδὲ λίθον σκοπὸν θήσετε ἐν τῇ γῇ ὑμῶν προσκυνῆσαι αὐτῷ· ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.

LXX

Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.

ASV

לֹֽא תַעֲשׂ֨וּ לָ/כֶ֜ם אֱלִילִ֗ם וּ/פֶ֤סֶל וּ/מַצֵּבָה֙ לֹֽא תָקִ֣ימוּ לָ/כֶ֔ם וְ/אֶ֣בֶן מַשְׂכִּ֗ית לֹ֤א תִתְּנוּ֙ בְּ/אַרְצְ/כֶ֔ם לְ/הִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֖ת עָלֶ֑י/הָ כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵי/כֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱלִילִ֑ים
'lylym
noun · 20×
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
וֹ
v
noun · 6×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ
yshtchv
verb · 174×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
noun · 32×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פָּ֑סֶל
psl
noun · 30×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:19 — What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
  • 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 4:16 — Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
  • Deut 5:6 — I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
  • 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 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 16:21 — Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
  • Deut 16:22 — Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Deut 30:1 — And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD
  • Exod 20:2 — I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  • 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 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 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th
  • Exod 20:23 — Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
  • Exod 23:24 — Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
  • Exod 34:17 — Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
  • Hos 10:1 — Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
  • Isa 44:8 — Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
  • 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 48:5 — I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded
  • Jer 10:3 — For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
  • Lev 19:4 — Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
  • Lev 19:4 — Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
  • Num 33:52 — Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
  • Num 33:52 — Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
  • Ps 97:7 — Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
  • Rev 13:14 — And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to
  • Rev 22:15 — For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
  • Rom 2:22 — Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?