16so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman,


In Context

13 He declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets.

14 And the Lord directed me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

15 You saw no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully,

16 so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman,

17 or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air,

18 or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below.

Deuteronomy 4:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16Lest ye corrupt [yourselves,] and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:16Lest perhaps being deceived you might make you a graven similitude, or image of male or female,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:16Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:16lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make to you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,