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Exodus 20:4 KJV
Exodus · chapter 20 · verse 4
Thou 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:Exodus 20:4 · King James Version
Exodus 20:4 in context
2I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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:
5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to 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;
6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Commentary
Cross references
- Deuteronomy 5:8
- Leviticus 26:1
- Deuteronomy 4:15-19
- Psalms 97:7
- Leviticus 19:4
- Revelation 16:2
- Acts 17:29
- Deuteronomy 27:15
Key words (Strong's)
- likenesstᵉmûwnâhsomething portioned out, as ashapeH8544 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- imagepeçelan idolH6459 →
- abovemaʻalproperly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from…H4605 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
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Here is, I. The preface of the law-writer, Moses: God spoke all these words, Exo 20:1. The law of the ten commandments is, 1. A law of God's making. They are enjoined by the infinite eternal Majesty of heaven and earth. And where the word of the King of kings is surely there is power. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11