Deutéronome 4:28

Louis Segond

Et là, vous servirez des dieux, ouvrage de mains d'homme, du bois et de la pierre, qui ne peuvent ni voir, ni entendre, ni manger, ni sentir.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Et vous servirez là des dieux, ouvrage de mains d'homme, du bois et de la pierre, qui ne voient, ni n'entendent, qui ne mangent et ne sentent point.

Darby's French Translation
Et vous servirez là des dieux, ouvrage de mains d'homme, du bois et de la pierre, qui ne voient, ni n'entendent, ni ne mangent, ni ne flairent.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Et vous serez là asservis à des dieux qui sont des œuvres de main d'homme, du bois, et de la pierre, qui ne voient ni n'entendent, qui ne mangent point, et ne flairent point.

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.