Deuteronomy 5:8
6 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
7 You shall have no other gods before Me.
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
9 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
10 but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- “You shall not make a carved image for yourself—any likeness of what is in heaven above, or what is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
- ASV
- Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, [nor] any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
- DARBY
- Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth:
- BLB
- You shall not make for yourself a carved image, any likeness that [is] in the heavens above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water beneath the earth.
- ÅB
- Du skal ikke gjøre deg noe utskåret bilde, noen avbildning av det som er oppe i himmelen, eller av det som er nede på jorden, eller av det som er i vannet nedenfor jorden.
- OTB
- ‘Du skal ikke lage deg noe utskåret bilde, noen avbildning av noe som er i himmelen der oppe eller på jorden her nede eller i vannet under jorden.
- B1930
- Du skal ikke gjøre dig noget utskåret billede, nogen avbildning av det som er oppe i himmelen, eller av det som er nede på jorden, eller av det som er i vannet nedenfor jorden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 20:4
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:15–19
So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
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