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Deuteronomy 5:8 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 5 · verse 8
Thou 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:Deuteronomy 5:8 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 5:8 in context
6I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
7Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
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:
9Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
10And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
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Key words (Strong's)
- likenesstᵉmûwnâhsomething portioned out, as ashapeH8544 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- imagepeçelan idolH6459 →
- abovemaʻalproperly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from…H4605 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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Here is the repetition of the ten commandments, in which observe, 1. Though they had been spoken before, and written, yet they are again rehearsed; for precept must be upon precept, and line upon line, and all little enough to keep the word of God in our minds and to preserve and renew the impressions of it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-22