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A Warning against Idolatry

Deuteronomy 4:17

In 11 translations

BSB
of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,
KJV
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
WEB
the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
ASV
the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens,
LSV
a form of any beast which [is] in the earth, a form of any winged bird which flies in the heavens,
YLT
a form of any beast which [is] in the earth — a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens —
DBY
the pattern of any beast that is on the earth, the pattern of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
DRC
The similitude of any beasts, that are upon the earth, or of birds, that fly under heaven,
GNV
The likenes of any beast that is on earth, or the likenesse of any fethered foule that flieth in the aire:
JPS
the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
LXXE
the likeness of any beast of those that are on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird which flies under heaven,

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
תַּבְנִ֕ית כָּל־בְּהֵמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּאָ֑רֶץ תַּבְנִית֙ כָּל־צִפּ֣וֹר כָּנָ֔ף אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּע֖וּף בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
LXX-Br
ὁμοίωμα παντὸς κτήνους τῶν ὄντων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὁμοίωμα παντὸς ὀρνέου πτερωτοῦ ὃ πέταται ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 1:23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

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