KJV King James Version
Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Deuteronomy 27:15
Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
WEB World English Bible
‘Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ All the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’
ASV American Standard Version
Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Cursed is the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put it in a secret place,—and all the people have answered and said, Amen.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 27
12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
15 Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
16 Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
17 Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
18 Cursed [be] he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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אָר֣וּרH779 · a.rarto curseהָאִ֡ישׁH376 · ishmanאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichיַעֲשֶׂה֩H6213 · a.sahto make: doפֶ֨סֶלH6459 · pe.selidolוּמַסֵּכָ֜הH4541 · mas.se.khahliquidתּוֹעֲבַ֣תH8441 · to.e.vahabominationיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDמַעֲשֵׂ֛הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workיְדֵ֥יH3027 · yadhandחָרָ֖שׁH2796 · cha.rashartificerוְשָׂ֣םH7760 · sumto set: makeבַּסָּ֑תֶרH5643 · se.tersecrecyוְעָנ֧וּH6030 · unto dwellכָל־H3605 · kolallהָעָ֛םH5971 · ampeopleוְאָמְר֖וּH559 · a.marto sayאָמֵֽן׃ סH543 · a.menamen
Cross-references
Exodus 34:17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.Exodus 20:4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:Leviticus 26:1Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up [any] image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I [am] the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 5:8Thou shalt not make thee [any] graven image, [or] any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:Leviticus 19:4Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the LORD your God.Exodus 20:23Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.1 Corinthians 14:16Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?Hosea 13:2-3And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.Deuteronomy 4:16-23Lest ye corrupt [yourselves], and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,Genesis 31:19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that [were] her father’s.Psalm 44:20-21If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;Genesis 9:25And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.Exodus 32:1-4And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.Numbers 5:22And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.1 Samuel 26:19Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if [they be] the children of men, cursed [be] they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.2 Kings 23:13And the high places that [were] before Jerusalem, which [were] on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.Deuteronomy 28:16-19Cursed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and cursed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.Deuteronomy 29:17And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which [were] among them:)
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