Deuteronomy 4:18

Douay-Rheims Bible

Or of creeping things, that move on the earth, or of fishes, that abide in the waters under the earth:

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the eretz;

King James Version
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Lexham English Bible
a replica of any creeping thing on the ground, a replica of any fish that is in the water below the earth.

English Standard Version
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth.

New Century Version
of anything that crawls on the ground, or of fish in the water below.

New English Translation
anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth.

Amplified Bible
the likeness of anything that crawls on the ground, or of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth.

New American Standard Bible
a representation of anything that crawls on the ground, or a representation of any fish that is in the water below the earth.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Or the likenesse of any thing that creepeth on the earth, or the likenesse of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth,

Legacy Standard Bible
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water below the earth,

Contemporary English Version
reptiles, or fish.

Complete Jewish Bible
or a representation of anything that creeps along on the ground, or a representation of any fish in the water below the shoreline.

Darby Translation
the pattern of anything that creepeth on the ground, the pattern of any fish that is in the waters under the earth;

Easy-to-Read Version
And don't make an idol that looks like anything that crawls on the ground or like a fish in the sea.

George Lamsa Translation
The likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth;

Good News Translation
reptile or fish.

Christian Standard Bible®
any creature that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the waters under the earth.

Literal Translation
the form of any creeping thing on the ground; the form of any fish in the waters under the earth;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
or worme vpon the grounde, or fyßshe in the water vnder ye earth:

American Standard Version
the likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

Bible in Basic English
Or of anything which goes flat on the earth, or any fish in the water under the earth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Or the likenesse of any maner worme that creepeth on the earth, or the likenesse of any maner fishe that is in the waters beneath the earth:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

King James Version (1611)
The likenesse of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likenesse of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
the likeness of any reptile which creeps on the earth, the likeness of any fish of those which are in the waters under the earth;

English Revised Version
the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth:

Berean Standard Bible
or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish in the waters below.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and of crepynge beestis that ben moued in erthe, ether of fischis that dwellen vndur the erthe in watris; lest perauenture,

Young's Literal Translation
a form of any creeping thing on the ground -- a form of any fish which [is] in the waters under the earth;

Update Bible Version
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth.

Webster's Bible Translation
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:

World English Bible
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

New King James Version
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth.

New Living Translation
a small animal that scurries along the ground, or a fish in the deepest sea.

New Life Bible
or like anything that moves on the ground, or like any fish in the water below the earth.

New Revised Standard
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
a model of any thing that creepeth on the ground, - a model of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth;

Revised Standard Version
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water below the earth.

Contextual Overview

¹ And now, O Israel, hear the commandments and judgments which I teach thee: that doing them, thou mayst live, and entering in mayst possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers will give you. ² You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it: keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. ³ Your eyes have seen all that the Lord hath done against Beelphegor, how he hath destroyed all his worshippers from among you. ⁴ But you that adhere to the Lord your God, are all alive until this present day. ⁵ You know that I have taught you statutes and justices, as the Lord my God hath commanded me: so shall you do them in the land which you shall possess: ⁶ And you shall observe, and fulfil them in practice. For this is your wisdom, and understanding in the sight of nations, that hearing all these precepts, they may say: Behold a wise and understanding people, a great nation. ⁷ Neither is there any other nation so great, that hath gods so nigh them, as our God is present to all our petitions. ⁸ For what other nation is there so renowned that hath ceremonies, and just judgments, and all the law, which I will set forth this day before our eyes? ⁹ Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen, and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grandsons, ¹⁰ From the day in which thou didst stand before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord spoke to me, saying: Call together the people unto me, that they may hear my words, and may learn to fear me all the time that they live on the earth, and may teach their children.

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Reciprocal: Ezekiel 8:10 - every

Cross-References

Genesis 5:21
And Henoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Mathusala.

Genesis 36:2
Esau took wives of the daughters of Chanaan: Ada the daughter of Elon the Hethite, and Oolibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon the Hevite:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground,.... As serpents by many; and indeed that creature is introduced into almost all the idolatries of the Heathens, which seems to take its rise from the serpent Satan made use of to deceive our first parents:

the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth; as the crocodile and hippopotamus, or river horse, by the Egyptians; and Dagon and Derceto, supposed to be figures in the form of a fish, among the Phoenicians.