KJV King James Version
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which [were] among them:)
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Deuteronomy 29:17
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which [were] among them:)
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.
WEB World English Bible
and you have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);
ASV American Standard Version
and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and ye see their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which are with them,
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 29
14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
15 But with [him] that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with [him] that [is] not here with us this day:
16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which [were] among them:)
18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go [and] serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתִּרְאוּ֙H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שִׁקּ֣וּצֵיהֶ֔םH8251 · shiq.qutsabominationוְאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]גִּלֻּלֵיהֶ֑םH1544 · gil.lulidolעֵ֣ץH6086 · etstree: woodוָאֶ֔בֶןH68 · e.venstoneכֶּ֥סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyוְזָהָ֖בH2091 · za.havgoldאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichעִמָּהֶֽם׃H5973 · imwith
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