Leviticus 19:4

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Don't turn to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

King James Version
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

Lexham English Bible
You must not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal; I am Yahweh your God.

New Century Version
"‘Do not worship idols or make statues or gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

New English Translation
Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God.

Amplified Bible
'Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods (images cast in metal); I am the LORD your God.

New American Standard Bible
'Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves cast metal gods; I am the LORD your God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Ye shall not turne vnto idoles, nor make you molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am Yahweh your God.

Complete Jewish Bible
"‘Do not turn to idols, and do not cast metal gods for yourselves; I am Adonai your God.

Darby Translation
Ye shall not turn unto idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Do not worship idols. Do not make statues of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

English Standard Version
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lord your God.

George Lamsa Translation
You shall not turn to idols nor make to yourselves molten gods; I am the LORD your God.

Good News Translation
"Do not abandon me and worship idols; do not make gods of metal and worship them. I am the Lord your God.

Christian Standard Bible®
Do not turn to idols or make cast images of gods for yourselves; I am the Lord your God.

Literal Translation
Do not turn to the idols; and you shall not make molten gods for yourselves; I am Jehovah your God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye shal not turne youre selues vnto Idols, & ye shal make you no goddes of metall: for I am the LORDE youre God.

American Standard Version
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.

Bible in Basic English
Do not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shal not looke vnto idols, nor make you moulten goddes: I am the Lorde your God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Turn ye not unto the idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

King James Version (1611)
Turne ye not vnto idoles, nor make to your selues molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Ye shall not follow idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

English Revised Version
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

Berean Standard Bible
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Nyle ye be turned to ydols, nether ye schulen make to you yotun goddis; Y am youre Lord God.

Young's Literal Translation
`Ye do not turn unto the idols, and a molten god ye do not make to yourselves; I [am] Jehovah your God.

Update Bible Version
Don't turn yourselves to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Yahweh your God.

Webster's Bible Translation
Turn ye not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the LORD your God.

World English Bible
Don't turn to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Yahweh your God.

New King James Version
"Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the LORD your God.

New Living Translation
"Do not put your trust in idols or make metal images of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

New Life Bible
Do not turn to false gods or make gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

New Revised Standard
Do not turn to idols or make cast images for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not turn unto things of nought, And, molten gods, shall ye not make to yourselves, - I - Yahweh, am your God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Turn ye not to idols: nor make to yourselves molten gods. I am the Lord your God.

Revised Standard Version
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

THE MESSAGE
"Don't take up with no-god idols. Don't make gods of cast metal. I am God , your God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am the LORD your God.

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord told Moses ² to say to the community of Israel: I am the Lord your God. I am holy, and you must be holy too! ³Respect your father and your mother, honor the Sabbath, and don't make idols or images. I am the Lord your God. ⁵ When you offer a sacrifice to ask my blessing, be sure to follow my instructions. ⁶ You may eat the meat either on the day of the sacrifice or on the next day, but you must burn anything left until the third day. ⁷ If you eat any of it on the third day, the sacrifice will be disgusting to me, and I will reject it. ⁸ In fact, you will be punished for not respecting what I say is holy, and you will no longer belong to the community of Israel. ⁹ When you harvest your grain, always leave some of it standing along the edges of your fields and don't pick up what falls on the ground. ¹⁰ Don't strip your grapevines clean or gather the grapes that fall off the vines. Leave them for the poor and for those foreigners who live among you. I am the Lord your God.

Bible Verse Review
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Exodus 20:3-5, 1 Corinthians 10:14, 1 John 5:21

not unto: Leviticus 26:1

molten gods: Exodus 20:23, Exodus 32:4, Exodus 34:17, Deuteronomy 27:15, Haggai 2:18

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:4 - General Leviticus 18:2 - General Judges 17:3 - a graven image 1 Chronicles 16:26 - all the gods 2 Chronicles 28:2 - molten images Daniel 3:18 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 13:13
where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the Lord .

Genesis 18:20
The Lord said, "Abraham, I have heard that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are doing all kinds of evil things.

Genesis 19:1
That evening the two angels arrived in Sodom, while Lot was sitting near the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up, bowed down low,

Genesis 19:6
Lot went outside and shut the door behind him.

Genesis 19:20
There's a town near here. It's only a small place, but my family and I will be safe, if you let us go there."

Genesis 19:25
He destroyed those cities and everyone who lived in them, as well as their land and the trees and grass that grew there.

Exodus 16:2
There in the desert they started complaining to Moses and Aaron,

Exodus 23:2
Always tell the truth in court, even if everyone else is dishonest and stands in the way of justice.

Proverbs 4:16
They can't sleep or rest until they do wrong or harm some innocent victim.

Proverbs 6:18
those who make evil plans or are quick to do wrong,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Turn ye not unto idols,.... From the one only true and living God to them that are not gods, as the word used signifies, who are nothing; for, as the apostle says, an idol is nothing in the world, 1 Corinthians 8:4, is of no worth and value, of no consequence and importance, of no avail and usefulness to its devotees; wherefore to turn from the true God to such as these is the greatest stupidity, as well as wickedness: or "look not" at them g for help or assistance, for they are not able to give it: and to look at them so as to view them attentively, and consider their likeness, the Jews say h is forbidden; and even in the heart and mind, as Aben Ezra observes, to have respect unto them was not right; or in the thoughts, as Gersom:

nor make to yourselves molten gods; of gold, silver, or brass, melted and cast into a mould, as the golden calf was, to which respect may be had. These laws have a respect unto the first and second commandments,

Exodus 20:3:

I [am] the Lord, your God; who only is to be worshipped, and who has forbid the making and worshipping any image, molten or graven, and who will therefore resent idolatry of every sort, and punish for it.

g אל תפנו "ne respiciatis", Montanus, Tigurine version, Drusius. h Pesichta, Maimonides.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 19:4. Turn ye not unto idols — אלילם elilim, literally nothings; and to this St. Paul seems to allude 1 Corinthians 8:4, where he says, We know that an idol is NOTHING in the world.