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Green's Literal Translation
Leviticus 19:4
Do not turn to the idols; and you shall not make molten gods for yourselves; I am Jehovah your God.
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Hebrew Names Version
Don't turn to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
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.
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.
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.
"‘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.
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.
'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.
'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.
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.
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.
"‘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.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
"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.
Do not turn to idols or make cast images of gods for yourselves; I am the Lord 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
`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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
'Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am the LORD your God.
Contextual Overview
1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, You are holy, for I am holy, Jehovah your God. 3 Each man of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My sabbaths; I am Jehovah your God. 4 Do not turn to the idols; and you shall not make molten gods for yourselves; I am Jehovah your God. 5 And if you sacrifice a sacrifice of peace offerings to Jehovah, you shall sacrifice it of your free will; 6 it shall be eaten in the day of your sacrificing it, and on the morrow, and that which is left on the third day shall be burned with fire. 7 And if it is at all eaten on the third day, it is unclean; it shall not be accepted. 8 And he who eats it, he shall bear his iniquity; for he has polluted the holy thing of Jehovah, and that person shall be cut off from his people. 9 And as you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not completely reap the corner of your field; and you shall not gather the gleaning of your harvest; 10 and you shall not glean your vineyard, and you shall not gather the leavings of your vineyard; you shall leave them to the poor and to the alien; I am Jehovah your God.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
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
And the men of Sodom were evil and sinners before Jehovah, exceedingly so.
And the men of Sodom were evil and sinners before Jehovah, exceedingly so.
Genesis 18:20
And Jehovah said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is exceedingly heavy.
And Jehovah said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is exceedingly heavy.
Genesis 19:1
And the two angels came into Sodom at evening. And Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw, and he rose up to meet them and bowed his face to the earth.
And the two angels came into Sodom at evening. And Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw, and he rose up to meet them and bowed his face to the earth.
Genesis 19:6
And Lot went out to them, to the door, and he closed the door behind him.
And Lot went out to them, to the door, and he closed the door behind him.
Genesis 19:20
Please, now, this city is near, to flee there, and it is a little one. Please let me escape there! Is it not a little thing, that my soul may live?
Please, now, this city is near, to flee there, and it is a little one. Please let me escape there! Is it not a little thing, that my soul may live?
Genesis 19:25
And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all those living in the cities, and the produce of the ground.
And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all those living in the cities, and the produce of the ground.
Exodus 16:2
And all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.
And all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.
Exodus 23:2
You shall not run after many to gain evil things. And you shall not testify as to a lawsuit, to turn aside after many in order to pervert justice .
You shall not run after many to gain evil things. And you shall not testify as to a lawsuit, to turn aside after many in order to pervert justice .
Proverbs 4:16
For they do not sleep if they have done no evil, and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.
For they do not sleep if they have done no evil, and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.
Proverbs 6:18
a heart that plots evil plans, feet hurrying to run to mischief,
a heart that plots evil plans, feet hurrying to run to mischief,
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.
