Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, New Living Translation So do not corrupt yourselves by making an idol in any form—whether of a man or a woman, English Standard Version beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, Berean Standard Bible that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female, King James Bible Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, New King James Version lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female, New American Standard Bible so that you do not act corruptly and make a carved image for yourselves in the form of any figure, a representation of male or female, NASB 1995 so that you do not act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, NASB 1977 lest you act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, Legacy Standard Bible lest you act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, Amplified Bible so that you do not act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved or sculpted image [to worship] in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, Christian Standard Bible so you don’t act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form, Holman Christian Standard Bible not to act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form, American Standard Version lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, Contemporary English Version not to commit the sin of worshiping idols. Don't make idols to be worshiped, whether they are shaped like men, women, English Revised Version lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, GOD'S WORD® Translation that you don't become corrupt and make your own carved idols. Don't make statues that represent men or women, Good News Translation that you do not sin by making for yourselves an idol in any form at all--whether man or woman, International Standard Version Be careful! Otherwise, you will be destroyed when you make carved images for yourself—all sorts of images in the form of man, woman, Majority Standard Bible that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female, NET Bible I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female, New Heart English Bible Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, Webster's Bible Translation Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make to you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, World English Bible lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionlest you do corruptly, and have made for yourselves a carved image, a likeness of any figure: a form of male or female, Young's Literal Translation lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female -- Smith's Literal Translation Lest ye shall be corrupted and make to you a carved thing, the appearance of any likeness, the model of male or female, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleLest perhaps being deceived you might make you a graven similitude, or image of male or female, Catholic Public Domain Version Otherwise, perhaps being deceived, you might have made a graven image, or an image of male or female, New American Bible not to act corruptly by fashioning an idol for yourselves to represent any figure, whether it be the form of a man or of a woman, New Revised Standard Version so that you do not act corruptly by making an idol for yourselves, in the form of any figure—the likeness of male or female, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleLest you corrupt yourselves, and make for yourselves images and the forms of any figure, the likeness of male or female, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated So that you would not become corrupt and make for yourselves images and forms of every kind, a form of males or of females, OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, Brenton Septuagint Translation lest ye transgress, and make to yourselves a carved image, any kind of figure, the likeness of male or female, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warning Against Idolatry15So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful 16that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female, 17of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,… Cross References Exodus 20:4-5 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. / 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, Leviticus 26:1 “You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God. Isaiah 44:9-20 All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. ... Romans 1:22-23 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Acts 17:29 Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ... Isaiah 40:18-20 To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him? / To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? / One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple. Jeremiah 10:3-5 For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. / They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. / Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.” 1 Corinthians 10:14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. 2 Kings 17:12 They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.” 2 Chronicles 33:7 Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever. Ezekiel 8:10-11 So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel. / Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising. Hosea 13:2 Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!” Habakkuk 2:18-19 What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. / Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.” Treasury of Scripture Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, corrupt Deuteronomy 4:8,9 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? … Exodus 20:4,5 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: … Exodus 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: Deuteronomy 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 thee. Isaiah 40:18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. Jump to Previous Act Beware Corrupt Corruptly Deal Engraved Evil Idol Image Making Male Pattern Shape Similitude Turned Ways Whether YourselvesJump to Next Act Beware Corrupt Corruptly Deal Engraved Evil Idol Image Making Male Pattern Shape Similitude Turned Ways Whether YourselvesDeuteronomy 4 1. An exhortation to obedience41. Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of Jordan 44. Recapitulation that you do not act corruptly The Hebrew root for "act corruptly" is "שָׁחַת" (shachath), which conveys the idea of destruction, decay, or moral corruption. In the context of Deuteronomy, Moses is warning the Israelites against moral and spiritual decay that comes from turning away from God’s commandments. This phrase serves as a timeless reminder of the importance of maintaining spiritual integrity and purity, avoiding actions that lead to spiritual ruin. and make for yourselves an idol in the form of any figure the likeness of male or female (17,18) Likeness of any beast . . . fowl . . .--There may be an allusion to the animal idolatry of Egypt here. Verse 16. - Graven image (פֶסֶל), carved work or sculpture, whether of wood, or metal, or stone - the similitude of any figure - the form of any idol (סֶמֶל, form, statue, idol) - the likeness - figure (תַבְנִית, a building, a model, a form, or figure) - of male or female - in apposition to graven image, and illustrative of it.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew that you do notפֶּ֨ן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest act corruptly תַּשְׁחִת֔וּן (taš·ḥi·ṯūn) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin and make וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֥ם (wa·‘ă·śî·ṯem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6213: To do, make an idol פֶּ֖סֶל (pe·sel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6459: An idol, image for yourselves לָכֶ֛ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew of any form תְּמוּנַ֣ת (tə·mū·naṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8544: Something portioned, out, as a, shape, phantom, embodiment, manifestation or כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every shape, סָ֑מֶל (sā·mel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5566: An image, statue whether in the likeness תַּבְנִ֥ית (taḇ·nîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8403: Structure, a model, resemblance of a male זָכָ֖ר (zā·ḵār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2145: Remembered, a male or א֥וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction Strong's 176: Desire, if female, נְקֵבָֽה׃ (nə·qê·ḇāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5347: A female Links Deuteronomy 4:16 NIVDeuteronomy 4:16 NLT Deuteronomy 4:16 ESV Deuteronomy 4:16 NASB Deuteronomy 4:16 KJV Deuteronomy 4:16 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 4:16 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 4:16 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 4:16 French Bible Deuteronomy 4:16 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 4:16 Lest you corrupt yourselves and make yourself (Deut. 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