DEU 4:16 Parallel View

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ULT lest you act corruptly, and make for yourselves an idol of the form of any image, a likeness of male or female,

UST Do not sin by making for yourselves any carved figure! Do not make anything that resembles the likeness of anything: man, woman,

BSB that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEB lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

NET I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,

LSV lest you do corruptly, and have made for yourselves a carved image, a likeness of any figure: a form of male or female,

FBV that you don't spoil your relationship with the Lord by making an idol for yourselves in any shape or form, whether it looks like a male or female,

T4T that you do not sin by making for yourselves any idol of something that can be seen! Do not make an idol that resembles any person, either a man or a woman,

LEB so that you do not ruin yourselves[fn] and make for yourselves a divine imagein a form of any image, a replica of male or female,

?:? Literally “corrupt yourselves”

BBE So that you may not be turned to evil ways and make for yourselves an image in the form of any living thing, male or female,

MOF No MOF DEU book available

JPS lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

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

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

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

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

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

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

KJB Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
(Lest ye/you_all corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, )

BB Lest ye marre your selues, & make you a grauen image, & picture of any maner of figure, whether it be the likenesse of man or woman.
(Lest ye/you_all marre your selves, and make you a grauen image, and picture of any manner of figure, whether it be the likenesse of man or woman.)

GNV That ye corrupt not your selues, and make you a grauen image or representation of any figure: whither it be the likenes of male or female,
(That ye/you_all corrupt not your selves, and make you a grauen image or representation of any figure: whither it be the likenes of male or female, )

CB and make you eny ymage, that is like a man, or woman,
(and make you any ymage, that is like a man, or woman,)

WYC lest perauenture ye be disseyued and make to you a grauun licnesse, ether an ymage of male, ether of female;
(lest perauenture ye/you_all be disseyued and make to you a grauun licnesse, ether an image of male, ether of female;)

LUT auf daß ihr euch nicht verderbet und machet euch irgend ein Bild, das gleich sei einem Mann oder Weib
(auf that her you not verderbet and machet you irgend a Bild, the gleich be one man or Weib)

CLV ne forte decepti faciatis vobis sculptam similitudinem, aut imaginem masculi vel feminæ:[fn]
(ne forte decepti faciatis to_you sculptam similitudinem, aut imaginem masculi or feminæ:)

4.16 Sculptam similitudinem. AUG., quæst. 4 in Deut. Forsitan his duobus vocabulis unam rem significavit, etc., usque ad quod de hominibus usitatum est.

4.16 Sculptam similitudinem. AUG., quæst. 4 in Deut. Forsitan his duobus vocabulis unam rem significavit, etc., usque to that about hominibus usitatum est.

BRN lest ye transgress, and make to yourselves a carved image, any kind of figure, the likeness of male or female,

BrLXX Μὴ ἀνομήσητε καὶ ποιήσητε ὑμῖν ἑαυτοῖς γλυπτὸν ὁμοίωμα, πᾶσαν εἰκόνα ὁμοίωμα ἀρσενικοῦ ἢ θηλυκοῦ,
(Maʸ anomaʸsaʸte kai poiaʸsaʸte humin heautois glupton homoiōma, pasan eikona homoiōma arsenikou aʸ thaʸlukou, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

פֶּ֨ן

lest

Moses is using the word lest to introduce a hypothetical condition as a warning. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a situation that could happen. Alternate translation: “in case”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

תַּשְׁחִת֔וּ⁠ן

act_corruptly,

Here, the term act corruptly means to sin or do wrong. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “you sin”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

תַּבְנִ֥ית

likeness

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of likeness, you can express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “anything looking like a”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

זָכָ֖ר א֥וֹ נְקֵבָֽה

male or female

Here, male or female refers to human beings, not to animals. Be sure that this distinction is clear in your translation. Alternate translation: “a male person or a female person”

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