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English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 4:28
And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
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Hebrew Names Version
There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
King James Version
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Lexham English Bible
And you will there serve gods made by human hands, of wood and stone, gods that cannot see and cannot hear and cannot eat and cannot smell.
And you will there serve gods made by human hands, of wood and stone, gods that cannot see and cannot hear and cannot eat and cannot smell.
New Century Version
There you will worship gods made by people, gods made of wood and stone, that cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
There you will worship gods made by people, gods made of wood and stone, that cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
New English Translation
There you will worship gods made by human hands—wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.
There you will worship gods made by human hands—wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.
Amplified Bible
"And there you will serve [false and foreign] gods, the work of human hands, [lifeless images of] wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell [the offerings of food given to them].
"And there you will serve [false and foreign] gods, the work of human hands, [lifeless images of] wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell [the offerings of food given to them].
New American Standard Bible
"There you will serve gods, the work of human hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear, nor eat nor smell anything.
"There you will serve gods, the work of human hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear, nor eat nor smell anything.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And there ye shall serue gods, euen ye worke of mans hand, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.
And there ye shall serue gods, euen ye worke of mans hand, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.
Legacy Standard Bible
And there you will serve gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
And there you will serve gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
Contemporary English Version
There you will have to worship gods made of wood and stone, and these are nothing but idols that can't see or hear or eat or smell.
There you will have to worship gods made of wood and stone, and these are nothing but idols that can't see or hear or eat or smell.
Complete Jewish Bible
There you will serve gods which are the product of human hands, made of wood and stone, which can't see, hear, eat or smell.
There you will serve gods which are the product of human hands, made of wood and stone, which can't see, hear, eat or smell.
Darby Translation
And ye shall there serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
And ye shall there serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Easy-to-Read Version
There you will serve gods made by men—things made of wood and stone that cannot see or hear or eat or smell!
There you will serve gods made by men—things made of wood and stone that cannot see or hear or eat or smell!
George Lamsa Translation
And there you shall serve gods, the work of mens hands, of wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
And there you shall serve gods, the work of mens hands, of wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
Good News Translation
There you will serve gods made by human hands, gods of wood and stone, gods that cannot see or hear, eat or smell.
There you will serve gods made by human hands, gods of wood and stone, gods that cannot see or hear, eat or smell.
Christian Standard Bible®
There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
Literal Translation
And there you shall serve other gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which cannot see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
And there you shall serve other gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which cannot see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There shal ye serue goddes, which are ye workes of mens handes, euen wodd & stone, which nether se ner heare, ner eate ner smell.
There shal ye serue goddes, which are ye workes of mens handes, euen wodd & stone, which nether se ner heare, ner eate ner smell.
American Standard Version
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Bible in Basic English
There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.
There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there ye shall serue gods which are the worke of mans hande, wood and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.
And there ye shall serue gods which are the worke of mans hande, wood and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
King James Version (1611)
And there ye shall serue gods, the worke of mens hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.
And there ye shall serue gods, the worke of mens hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall there serve other gods, the works of the hands of men, wood and stones, which cannot see, nor can they hear, nor eat, nor smell.
And ye shall there serve other gods, the works of the hands of men, wood and stones, which cannot see, nor can they hear, nor eat, nor smell.
English Revised Version
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Berean Standard Bible
And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And there ye schulen serue to goddis, that ben maad bi `the hond of men, to a tre and a stoon, that `seen not, nether heren, nether eten, nether smellen.
And there ye schulen serue to goddis, that ben maad bi `the hond of men, to a tre and a stoon, that `seen not, nether heren, nether eten, nether smellen.
Young's Literal Translation
and ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
and ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Update Bible Version
And there you shall serve gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
And there you shall serve gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Webster's Bible Translation
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
World English Bible
There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
New King James Version
And there you will serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
And there you will serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
New Living Translation
There, in a foreign land, you will worship idols made from wood and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
There, in a foreign land, you will worship idols made from wood and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
New Life Bible
There you will work for gods made by man's hands out of wood and stone. They do not see or hear or eat or smell.
There you will work for gods made by man's hands out of wood and stone. They do not see or hear or eat or smell.
New Revised Standard
There you will serve other gods made by human hands, objects of wood and stone that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
There you will serve other gods made by human hands, objects of wood and stone that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and ye will serve there gods made by the hands of man, - wood or stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
and ye will serve there gods made by the hands of man, - wood or stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there you shall serve gods, that were framed with men’s hands: wood and stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
And there you shall serve gods, that were framed with men’s hands: wood and stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Revised Standard Version
And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of men's hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of men's hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"There you will serve gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
"There you will serve gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
Contextual Overview
1 "And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord , the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2 You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal-peor, for the Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor. 4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today. 5 See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 6 Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.' 7 For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? 8 And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today? 9 "Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children— 10 how on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.'
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
ye shall: Deuteronomy 28:36, Deuteronomy 28:64, 1 Samuel 26:19, Jeremiah 16:13, Ezekiel 20:32, Ezekiel 20:39, Acts 7:42
neither see: Psalms 115:4-7, Psalms 135:15, Psalms 135:16, Isaiah 44:9, Isaiah 45:20, Isaiah 46:7, Jeremiah 10:3, Jeremiah 10:9
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:2 - return unto 2 Kings 17:40 - but they did 2 Chronicles 32:19 - the work Isaiah 2:8 - worship Isaiah 26:15 - thou hadst Isaiah 44:13 - he marketh Ezekiel 20:25 - I gave Hosea 8:11 - altars
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone,.... Idols made by men, cut out of wood and stone; these they should be enticed into the service of, or compelled to serve; which was still more brutish and stupid than to worship the sun, moon, and stars, which were not the works of men's hand, but the glorious works of the eternal God. But since in their captivities they were not subject to idolatry, but were cured of it thereby, another sense of the words is given by some, as by Onkelos and Jonathan, who paraphrase the words of serving the people, that serve idols; but what follows confirms the first sense:
which neither see, nor hear, nor taste, nor smell; senseless things, which have none of the senses of seeing, hearing, and smelling, nor the faculty of eating, which they need not to support life, of which they are destitute; and therefore it must be monstrous stupidity to worship such lifeless, senseless, objects; see Psalms 115:4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Compare with these verses Leviticus 26:33-40, and Deuteronomy 28:64 ff.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Deuteronomy 4:28. There ye shall serve gods - wood and stone — This was also true of the Israelites, not only in their captivities, but also in their own land. And it may now be literally the case with the ten tribes who were carried away captive by the Assyrians, and of whose residence no man at present knows any thing with certainty. That they still exist there can be no doubt; but they are now, most probably, so completely incorporated with the idolaters among whom they dwell, as to be no longer distinguish able: yet God can gather them.
