Deuteronomy 4:18

Wycliffe Bible

and of crepynge beestis that ben moued in erthe, ether of fischis that dwellen vndur the erthe in watris; lest perauenture,

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.

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;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Or of creeping things, that move on the earth, or of fishes, that abide in the waters under 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, thou Israel, here the comaundementis and domes whiche Y teche thee, that thou do tho, and lyue, and that thow entre and welde the lond which the Lord God of youre fadris schal yyue to you. ² Ye schulen not adde to the word which Y speke to you, nether ye schulen take awei `fro it; kepe ye the comaundementis of youre Lord God, which Y comaunde to you. <sup>3</sup> Youre iyen sien alle thingis whiche the Lord dide ayens Belphegor; how he alto brak alle the worschiperis `of hym fro the myddis of you. ⁴ Forsothe ye that cleuen to youre Lord God lyuen alle `til in to present day. <sup>5</sup> Ye witen that Y tauyte you the comaundementis and riytfulnessis, as my Lord God comaundide to me; so ye schulen do tho in the lond whiche ye schulen welde, <sup>6</sup> and ye schulen kepe, and schulen fille in werk. For this is youre wisdom and vndurstondyng bifor puplis, that alle men here these comaundementis, and seie, Lo! a wise puple and vnderstondynge! a greet folk! <sup>7</sup> Noon other nacioun is so greet, `not in noumbre ether in bodili quantite, but in dignite, that hath Goddis neiyynge to it silf, as oure God is redi to alle oure bisechyngis. ⁸ For whi what other folk is so noble, that it hath cerymonyes and iust domes, and al the lawe which Y schal `sette forth to dai bifor youre iyen? ⁹ Therfor kepe thi silf, and thi soule bisili; foryete thou not the wordis whiche thin iyen sien, and falle tho not doun fro thin herte, in alle the daies of thi lijf. Thou schalt teche tho thi sones and thi sones sones. ¹⁰ Telle thou the day in which thou stodist bifor thi Lord God in Oreb, whanne the Lord spak to me, and seide, Gadere thou the puple to me, that it here my wordis, and lerne for to drede me in al tyme in which it lyueth in erthe, and teche hise sones.

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Cross-References

Genesis 5:21
Forsothe Enoth lyuede fyue and sixti yeer, and gendride Matusalem.

Genesis 36:2
Esau took wyues of the douytris of Canaan, Ada, the douytir of Elom Ethey, and Oolibama, the douyter of Ana, sone of Sebeon Euey; also Bathsemath,

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.