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OET (OET-LV) not you_must_make to/for_yourself(m)[fn] an_image[fn][fn] and_all form[fn] which[fn] in/on/at/with_heaven[fn] from_above[fn] and_which[fn] on_the_earth[fn] from_beneath[fn][fn] and_which[fn] in/on/at/with_water[fn] from_under[fn] to_the_earth[fn].
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20:4 Alternative note: לְ/ךָ֥: (x-accent)לְ/ךָ֣
20:4 Alternative note: פֶ֨סֶל֙: (x-accent)פֶ֣סֶל׀
20:4 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
20:4 Alternative note: תְּמוּנָ֔ה: (x-accent)תְּמוּנָ֡ה
20:4 Alternative note: אֲשֶׁ֤ר: (x-accent)אֲשֶׁ֣ר
20:4 Alternative note: בַּ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙: (x-accent)בַּ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם׀
20:4 Alternative note: מִ/מַּ֔עַל: (x-accent)מִ/מַּ֡עַל
20:4 Alternative note: וַ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר: (x-accent)וַ/אֲשֶׁר֩
20:4 Alternative note: בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ: (x-accent)בָּ/אָ֨רֶץ
20:4 Alternative note: מִ/תָּ֑חַת: (x-accent)מִ/תָּ֜חַת
20:4 Alternative note: וַ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר: (x-accent)וַ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר
20:4 Alternative note: בַּ/מַּ֖יִם: (x-accent)בַּ/מַּ֣יִם׀
20:4 Alternative note: מִ/תַּ֥חַת: (x-accent)מִ/תַּ֣חַת
20:4 Alternative note: לָ/אָֽרֶץ: (x-accent)לָ/אָ֗רֶץ
20:4 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
OET (OET-RV) You mustn’t make a carved figure for yourself, nor carve a copy of anything in the sky above or in the earth below, or that’s in the water under the earth.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
וְכָל־תְּמוּנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּשָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ מִמַּ֔עַל וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָ֖רֶץ מִתָּ֑חַת וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּמַּ֖יִם מִתַּ֥חַת לָאָֽרֶץ
and=all form which/who in/on/at/with,heaven from,above and=which on_the=earth from,beneath and=which in/on/at/with,water from=under to_the,earth
This list means all created things wherever they are. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “nor anything that looks like anything created, whether that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
וְכָל־תְּמוּנָ֔ה
and=all form
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: “nor anything looking like something”
20:4 Not making an image of God is the first step toward recognizing that he is transcendent—that he is the Creator of the universe and distinct from it. To represent God as something in creation was inevitably to end up worshiping the creation rather than the Creator, and this immorality had deadly consequences (Rom 1:18-25).
OET (OET-LV) not you_must_make to/for_yourself(m)[fn] an_image[fn][fn] and_all form[fn] which[fn] in/on/at/with_heaven[fn] from_above[fn] and_which[fn] on_the_earth[fn] from_beneath[fn][fn] and_which[fn] in/on/at/with_water[fn] from_under[fn] to_the_earth[fn].
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20:4 Alternative note: לְ/ךָ֥: (x-accent)לְ/ךָ֣
20:4 Alternative note: פֶ֨סֶל֙: (x-accent)פֶ֣סֶל׀
20:4 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
20:4 Alternative note: תְּמוּנָ֔ה: (x-accent)תְּמוּנָ֡ה
20:4 Alternative note: אֲשֶׁ֤ר: (x-accent)אֲשֶׁ֣ר
20:4 Alternative note: בַּ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙: (x-accent)בַּ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם׀
20:4 Alternative note: מִ/מַּ֔עַל: (x-accent)מִ/מַּ֡עַל
20:4 Alternative note: וַ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר: (x-accent)וַ/אֲשֶׁר֩
20:4 Alternative note: בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ: (x-accent)בָּ/אָ֨רֶץ
20:4 Alternative note: מִ/תָּ֑חַת: (x-accent)מִ/תָּ֜חַת
20:4 Alternative note: וַ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר: (x-accent)וַ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר
20:4 Alternative note: בַּ/מַּ֖יִם: (x-accent)בַּ/מַּ֣יִם׀
20:4 Alternative note: מִ/תַּ֥חַת: (x-accent)מִ/תַּ֣חַת
20:4 Alternative note: לָ/אָֽרֶץ: (x-accent)לָ/אָ֗רֶץ
20:4 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
OET (OET-RV) You mustn’t make a carved figure for yourself, nor carve a copy of anything in the sky above or in the earth below, or that’s in the water under the earth.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.