KJV King James Version
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
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Deuteronomy 4:15
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
WEB World English Bible
Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.
ASV American Standard Version
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and ye have been very watchful of your souls, for ye have not seen any similitude in the day of Jehovah’s speaking unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire,
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 4
12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only [ye heard] a voice.
13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, [even] ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16 Lest ye corrupt [yourselves], and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 The likeness of any beast that [is] on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:
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וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥םH8104 · sha.marto keep: obeyמְאֹ֖דH3966 · me.odmuchלְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑םH5315 · ne.pheshsoulכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotרְאִיתֶם֙H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeכָּל־H3605 · kolallתְּמוּנָ֔הH8544 · te.mu.nahlikenessבְּי֗וֹםH3117 · yomdayדִּבֶּ֨רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakיְהוָ֧הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֲלֵיכֶ֛םH413 · elto(wards)בְּחֹרֵ֖בH2722 · cho.revHorebמִתּ֥וֹךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstהָאֵֽשׁ׃H784 · eshfire
Cross-references
2 Corinthians 4:4-6In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.Deuteronomy 4:12And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only [ye heard] a voice.Isaiah 40:18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?Malachi 2:15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.Proverbs 4:27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.Jeremiah 17:21Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem;Psalm 119:9BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.1 Chronicles 28:9-10And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.Joshua 23:11Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.Hebrews 1:3Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;Deuteronomy 4:23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
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