Deuteronomy 4:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image, or the likeness of anything, which the LORD your God has forbidden you.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and not to make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he ma with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidn thee.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Take heed{H8104} unto yourselves, lest ye forget{H7911} the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} which he made{H3772} with you, and make{H6213} you a graven image{H6459} in the form{H8544} of anything{H3605} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath forbidden{H6680} thee.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Take heed{H8104}{(H8734)} unto yourselves, lest ye forget{H7911}{(H8799)} the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, which he made{H3772}{(H8804)} with you, and make{H6213}{(H8804)} you a graven image{H6459}, or the likeness{H8544} of any{H3605} thing, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath forbidden{H6680}{(H8765)} thee.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Take hede vnto youre selues therfore, that ye forgett not the appoyntment of the Lorde youre God which he made with you, and that ye make you no grauen ymage of what soeuer it be that the Lorde thi God hath forbidden the.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Take hede therfore vnto youre selues, that ye forget not the conuenaunt of the LORDE youre God, and that ye make no ymages of eny maner of fashion as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Take heede vnto your selues, least ye forget the couenant of the Lorde your God which hee made with you, and least ye make you any grauen image, or likenes of any thing, as the Lorde thy God hath charged thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Take heede vnto your selues, that ye forget not ye appoyntment of the Lorde your God which he made with you, & that ye make you no grauen image or likenesse that the Lorde thy God hath forbidden thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make you an engraved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything `concerning' which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make you an engraved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he has forbidden you.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life: but teach them to your sons, and your sons' sons;
  • Deut 4:15-16 : 15 Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: 16 Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make for yourselves a carved image, the likeness of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
  • Deut 6:12 : 12 Then beware, lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
  • Deut 27:9 : 9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Take heed, and listen, O Israel; today you have become the people of the LORD your God.
  • Deut 29:25 : 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
  • Deut 31:20 : 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, that flows with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
  • Josh 23:11 : 11 Therefore take careful heed to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God.
  • Josh 23:16 : 16 When you have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.
  • 1 Chr 16:15 : 15 Always remember his covenant, the word he commanded to a thousand generations;
  • Isa 24:5 : 5 The earth also is defiled under its inhabitants because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
  • Jer 31:22 : 22 How long will you wander about, O backsliding daughter? for the LORD has created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall encompass a man.
  • Ezek 16:59 : 59 For thus says the Lord GOD; I will even deal with you as you have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
  • Matt 24:4 : 4 And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no one deceives you.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
  • Luke 21:8 : 8 And he said, Take heed that you be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and the time draws near: do not go after them.
  • Heb 3:12 : 12 Beware, brothers and sisters, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Exod 20:4-5 : 4 You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 4:15-16
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    15 Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

    16 Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make for yourselves a carved image, the likeness of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

  • Deut 4:24-25
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    24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

    25 When you beget children, and children's children, and have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a carved image, or the likeness of anything, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD your God, to provoke him to anger:

  • Exod 20:3-4
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    81%

    3 You shall have no other gods before Me.

    4 You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

  • Exod 34:12
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    12 Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare in your midst.

  • Deut 5:7-8
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    7 You shall have no other gods before me.

    8 You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

  • Lev 26:1
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    1 You shall make no idols nor carved image, neither set up a standing image, nor shall you set up any image of stone in your land to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God.

  • Josh 23:11-12
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    11 Therefore take careful heed to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God.

    12 Otherwise, if you do at all turn back, and join to the remnant of these nations, even those that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you:

  • 2 Kgs 17:37-38
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    37 The statutes, the ordinances, the law, and the commandment which he wrote for you, you shall be careful to observe forever; and you shall not fear other gods.

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    4 Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

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    11 Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command you this day:

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    16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart is not deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods, and worship them;

    17 And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and He shuts up the heaven, so there is no rain, and the land yields no fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD gives you.

  • Deut 4:9-10
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    9 Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life: but teach them to your sons, and your sons' sons;

    10 Especially the day that you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Gather the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

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    30 Take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you; and that you do not enquire after their gods, asking, How did these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.

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    25 The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire: you shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it to you, lest you be ensnared by it: for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.

  • Deut 12:4
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    4 You shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

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    17 You shall make no molten gods for yourself.

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    22 Neither shall you set up for yourself any image, which the LORD your God hates.

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    28 And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

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    35 The LORD made a covenant with them, and commanded them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them.

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    19 And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided to all nations under the whole heaven.

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    19 And it shall be, if you do at all forget the LORD your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.

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    14 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people who are all around you;

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    17 And you have seen their abominations, and their idols of wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)

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    23 You shall not make anything to be with Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.

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    24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.

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    2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take anything from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

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    32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

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    15 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you, and you eat his sacrifice.

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    12 Then beware, lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

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    7 That you do not come among these nations, those that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause anyone to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves down to them:

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    17 But if your heart turns away, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

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    15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

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    14 Then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

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    6 And do not go after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and do not provoke me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no harm.'

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    19 Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live on the earth.

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    13 And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth.

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    12 That you should enter into covenant with the LORD your God, and into his oath, which the LORD your God makes with you this day:

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    18 And you, by all means keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest you make yourselves accursed, when you take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.